1955 年 21 巻 3 号 p. 183-186
The tissue of the edible part of sea cucumber is found to be the connective tissue of a network consisting of collagen fiber.
When the meat is extracted repeatedly with water, the connective tissue becomes deformed mechanically, and the collagen fiber comes into the solution in a suspended state. This suspended fibrous matter is ascertained to be the cause of the appearance of streaming birefringence.