近年来,对海鞘的研究逐渐得到越来越多的化学家和药物学家的重视,从中发现了不少结构新颖、活性独特的化合物,成为海洋天然药物研究的热点之一;同时,由于海鞘在进化上所处的特殊地位,它又受到动物学者、进化论者和比较内分泌学者的高度关注,因此,海鞘成为科学工作者竞相研究的热点。 In recent years, more and more chemists and pharmacologists have paid more and more attention to the research on sea squirt, and many novel and active compounds have been discovered, which has become one of the hot spots in the study of natural marine drugs. At the same time, As an evolutionary special position, it is also highly regarded by zoologists, evolutionists and comparative endocrinologists. Therefore, ascidians have become the focus of scientific research by scientists.