REVIEW article
Front. Mar. Sci.
Sec. Marine Biotechnology and Bioproducts
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1615994
Marine octopus: global distribution, extraction methods, bioactive biomaterials, and biomedical applications
Provisionally accepted
- 1Qingdao Academy of Chinese Medicinal Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
- 2Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
- 3Interational Institute for Translational Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Octopus, an abundant marine species with diverse applications, is attracting growing attention for its unique biological characteristics and potential utilization in food science and biotechnology. Octopus contain amino acids, active peptides, fatty acids and trace elements and these bioactives exhibit a wide range of effects, including anti-bacterial, anti-tumor, antioxidant and anti-aging activities. The structure of octopus arm and suckers provides biomimetic design inspiration for tissue engineering and the regenerative ability of octopus provides reference for research in biomedical material. Therefore, this review systematically summarizes the research progress on octopus resource distribution, extraction methods, nutrients, bioactive compounds substances and research on regeneration material, aiming to promote the development and utilization of octopus resources. Firstly, the extractions methods of octopus were systematically reviewed. Secondly, seven kinds of nutrients concluded were introduced to reveal the nutritional components of octopus. Finally, the application of octopus in biotechnology and the research progress on their regenerative ability were summarized. This review provides a basis and reference for octopus functional nutrients and application of octopus biomedical materials.
Keywords: octopus, Global distribution, extraction methods, Bioactive biomaterials, biomedical applications
Received: 23 Apr 2025; Accepted: 19 May 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Li, Deng, Cheng, Fu and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Xiuxue Li, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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