Green-lipped mussel

Green-lipped mussel, Perna viridis Hong Kong soft Max. 35.1 DW 41... 

Fang, Z.Q., Cheung, R.Y.H., et al., 2001. Concentrations and distribution of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in green lipped mussels, Perna viridis collected from the Pearl River estuarine zone. Acta Sci. Circumstan. (Chinese) 21, 113-116. 

Phillips, D.J.H., 1985. Organochlorine and trace metals in green-lipped mussels Perna viridis from Hong Kong waters A test of indicator ability. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 21, 252-258. 

Yap, C.K., Ismail, A., Tan, S.G., 2004. Heavy metal (Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn) concentrations in the green-lipped mussel Perna viridis (Linnaeus) collected from some wild and aqua-cultural sites in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Food Chem. 84, 569-575. 

A transplantation experiment with green lipped mussels in Hong Kong waters raised concern over the bioaccumulation potential of coplanar PCBs and their... 

An extract of the New Zealand green-lipped mussel (Pema canaliculus) (SED-11, 1021) has been advocated for the treatment of arthritic symptoms. Reported adverse effects include flare-up of the disease, epigastric discomfort, flatulence, and nausea. Jaundice some weeks after starting treatment has been reported. 

A study of physiological effects in the green-lipped mussel (Perna viridis) to exposure to blooms of Nodularis spumigena reveals a complicated picture (Davies et al., 2005). As the bloom density increased and post-bloom lysis occurred, the activity of antioxidative, detoxification enzymes changed in opposite directions, and different organs of the mussel appear to come under toxic stress. 

Davies, W.R., Siu, W.H.L., Jack, R.W., Wu, R.S.S., Lam, P.K.S. and Nugegoda, D. Comparative effects of the blue green algae Nodularia spumigena and a lysed extract on detoxification and antioxidant enzymes in the green lipped mussel (Pema veridis). Mar. Pollut. Bull, 51, 1026, 2005. 

Tanabe S, Tatsukawa R, Phillips DJH (1987) Mussels as bioindicators of PCB pollution a case study on uptake and release of PCB isomers and congeners in green-lipped mussels (Perna viridis) in Hong Kong waters. Environ Pollut 47 41-62... 

Murphy, K.J., Mooney, B.D., Mann, N.J., Nichols, P.D., and Sinclair, A. J. (2002) Lipid, FA, and sterol composition of New Zealand green lipped mussel (Pema canaliculus) and Tasmanian blue mussel [Mytilus cdulis). Lipids, 37, 587-595. 

In the New Zealand green-lipped mussel Pema canaliculus, phospholipid levels vary from 57% to 62% and 91 fatty adds belonging to the families n-4, n-5, n-6, n-7, n- 8, n-9, n-10 and n-11 have been identified, but only 16 of them are present at levels above 1%. The major adds belong to the series n-3 ( 40% of total fatty acids), vnth EPA and DHA accounting for 84% of this series (Murphy et al, 2002 Murphy, Mann, and Sinclair, 2003 Wolyniak et al, 2005). Similar results have been obtained with the Tasmanian blue mussel Mytilus edulis, and both spedes contain the rare fatty acid (28 8)n-3 at levels from 0.2% to 0.8% (Murphy et al, 2002). 

N., and Macrides, T.A. (2007) Novel anti-inflammatory (o-3 PUFAs from the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, Pema canaliculus. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 147B, 645—656. 

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