Black-bone chicken, also known as black-bone chicken and Wushan chicken, has a history of more than 400 years. There are white hair and black bones, black hair and black bones, spotted hair and black bones, all flesh and blood and black bones. Black-bone chicken has the characteristics of light weight, rich nutrition and early maturity.

After hydrolysis, black-bone chicken powder contains 18 amino acids, including 8 essential amino acids, of which 10 is higher than that of ordinary broilers, and carotenoids and vitamin C are also higher than that of ordinary broilers, so it can be used as medicine. Black-bone chicken is rich in melanin, 18 amino acids and 18 protein, B vitamins and other trace elements. Among them, the contents of nicotinic acid, vitamin E, phosphorus, iron, potassium and sodium are higher than those of ordinary chicken, but the contents of cholesterol and fat are very low.

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Distribution and efficacy of melanin in black-bone chicken

It was found that black-bone chicken began to produce melanin at the early stage of embryo incubation. The melanin of adult black-bone chicken can be distributed all over the body, with the most melanin in periosteum, peritoneum, trachea and claws, followed by tongue, comb, skin and muscle, and the least melanin in viscera.

It was found that black-bone chicken melanin has many functions, such as delaying aging, scavenging free radicals, antioxidation, antimutagenesis, anti-ultraviolet, inhibiting influenza virus and so on.

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