Perna canalicula

Green-lipped mussel ( Perna canaliculus )

The green-lipped mussel ( Perna canaliculus ), also known as green-lipped mussel usually come from breeding farms ( pendant line culture), which are found on the coasts of New Zealand predominantly in the Marlborough Sounds and in the Hauraki Gulf. There once up to 60,000 tons of 10 to a maximum of 25 inches long and about two years old mussels are harvested each year. This crop is exported around the world as a delicacy and is also in Germany under the name " New Zealand green-lipped mussel " commercially available.

About 10 % of the annual harvest is freeze- dried for pharmaceutical purposes and purposes of the dietary supplement and sold as a powder in capsules or tablets. Their content of glycosaminoglycans ( long-chain Aminozuckerverbindungen ) that are also present in the joint fluid (synovial fluid, synovial fluid ), leads to commercialization of Grünlippmuschelprodukten as dietary supplements and complementary balanced diets.

The green-lipped mussel is so similar that it is also referred to as "New Zealand mussel ' mussel. As the mussels form the green -lipped mussels mussel beds. The green -lipped mussels originate mainly from aquaculture, as wild stocks are protected. The mussels are endemic to New Zealand.

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