Immunomodulation effects of bioactive natural products from
marine sources are very poorly studied and reported. Al Hassan et
al.[15]have shown that the wound healing activity exhibited by the
epidermal secretion of the Gulf catfish is associated with
immunomodulation as well as prostaglandin pathway. As the C.
quinquecirrha extracts showed promising immunostimulant activity
in the in vitro test. The fractions eluted from the extract seemed to
be the most active. On the contrary, the fractions eluted from the
crude folklore preparation resulted more active. From the overall
results we can partly explain the popularity of this jelly fish extract
in folk medicine as remedy for arthritis[16].