A review of nutritional components and food value of turbot Scophthalmus maximus L.

Researches on the nutritional components,food value and culture management of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L) were reviewed in this article.These results indicate that, Turbot is not only rich in flavour amino acids which make it one of the most tasty seafood,but also is rich in amino acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids (DHA and EPA) which are essential for the health of human beings.In China,turbot is commercially cultured with flow through deep well sea water in indoor tanks,and the good hygienic condition inherent with thisdeep well sea water plus green houseculture method makes it possible for the farmers to follow the developed technical guides for the turbot farming and health management to produce safe and hazard free turbot.