Su Xiurong

Evalution on nutritive value ofPortunus trituberculatus

This study on the nutritive indexes (total nitrogen, amino acids, crude fats, inorganic elements, unsaturated fatty acids) of meat, male and female reproductive gland ofPortunus trituberculatus showed that their nutritive value is in the order meat>female reproductive gland>male reproductive gland and that they do not raise the total cholesterol (TC) and triglyceride (TG) contents of the serum of the animals which eat them but increase the contents of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in the animals blood. These findings implied that people who have high blood lipid and aortic atheroma can safely use them as food. This study showed thatP. trituberculatus has high nutritive value.