The shark fins which the Chinese regard as a delicacy are at the extremities of the shark's cartilaginous skeleton. "Shark fins are made of cartilage too, so they should have the same medicinal effects," says Chen Tsong-song of the Marine Food Technology Department at the Fishery Research Institute.
中國人視為美食的魚翅，是鯊魚軟骨的末端，「同樣是軟骨，魚翅應該也有療效」，水試所食品加工科陳聰松說。