What is the purple mussel? What are the benefits of eating purple mussels?

Purple mussels are a shellfish, shells are mostly black, delicious meat, common name sea red, meat is dried is known as mussels.

Shape features: shellfish, shell top in front, no obvious carving. Shell skin obvious, some species hairy. The inside of the shell has a strong pearl luster. Twisted teeth lack, after the muscle marks were C-like. No water pipes. To foot attached to the bottom of the material, beads can sometimes drill. Shell wedge, apical tip, abdomen slightly straight, apically curved. End of the table for the purple brown, purple or black inside the black, pearl luster.

The shell is wedge-shaped, with a sharp tip and a wide round end. Generally shell length 6 to 8 cm, shell length is less than 2 times the shell height. Shell thin The top of the shell near the shell. Two shells equal, symmetrical. Shell purple, with luster, fine and obvious growth pattern, from the top of the ring was growing. Shell inside the gray, the edge of the blue, pearl luster. The hinge is long, the ligaments are dark brown, about equal to the hinge. Hinges are not well developed. Posterior cranial muscle degeneration or disappearance. Very small, soft. The

Nutritional value: purple mussel rich in resources, delicious taste, high nutritional value, known as the sea of eggs, said the mussel with Ziyin blood, Yijing Bushen, nourishing fine and so on. Studies have shown that mussel extract has anti-tumor, anti-virus and enhance the body immunity, lowering blood pressure and other effects. The shellfish polysaccharide has a wide range of biological activities in the fields of anti-tumor, anti-virus, immune regulation and liver injury protection because of its unique structure, and has a good application in the research and development of functional health food and innovative drugs prospect.

The crude sugar content of crude polysaccharide was 59.6% and the total sugar content of M polysaccharide was 74.7%. LT crude polysaccharide uronic acid and protein content is lower than the enzyme extract crude polysaccharide, but glycosaminoglycan and sulfate content of the difference. The results of high performance gel chromatography showed that the chromatographic peaks of the components were homogeneous, indicating good purity.