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Department of Immunology Imm2, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, LaJolla, California, USA. Also University of Trieste, Italy and Munich, Germany, 1990

Pharmacological properties of glycogens: anti-complementary and anti-inflammatory action of mussel glycogen (Perna canaliculus)

Knaus UG, Tubar A, Wagner H

This study investigated the properties of glycogen extracted from the green-lipped mussel, blue mussel and other bivalve shellfish. The anti-inflammatory activity was shown to be unique to the green-lipped mussel glycogen; glycogen from the blue mussel actually exacerbated inflammation in this animal model.