Abalone is a traditional Chinese valuable ingredients, its meat is tender, fresh flavor, ranked one of the eight "sea treasures", known as "the crown of the sea food", is extremely valuable seafood, has always enjoyed a reputation in the international market. Not only that, abalone is rich in nutrients, has a very high medicinal value.

Abalone body nutrients, are found in abalone is rich in protein, amino acids and to regulate the body's acid-base balance, maintain neuromuscular excitation has an important role in such as calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), selenium (Se), magnesium (Mg) and other mineral elements.

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Winter abalone in collagen accounted for as much as 30% to 50% of the total protein content, much higher than the general fish and shellfish. Research findings show that collagen contains a variety of biologically active peptides, with good physiological functions, such as antioxidant, blood pressure, prevention of arthritis, protection of the gastric mucosa and anti-ulcer, and promote skin collagen metabolism. In addition, muscle high content of collagen on the texture of abalone also has a greater impact.

It has been reported that the reason why the texture of abalone is softer in summer than in winter is because of the lower collagen content in summer abalone. Heat treatment of abalone reveals that the hardness of abalone decreases gradually with the loss of collagen, with a linear relationship (r=0.82).

References

Baidu Encyclopedia - Abalone