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Mycotoxin Metabolism by Edible Insects
Toxins, 2022 Mycotoxins are a group of toxic secondary metabolites produced in the food chain by fungi through the infection of crops both before and after harvest. Mycotoxins are one of the most important food safety concerns due to their severe poisonous and carcinogenic effects on humans and animals upon ingestion.
Natasha Marie Evans, Suqin Shao
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Nutritional Qualities and Enhancement of Edible Insects [PDF]
Annual Review of Nutrition, 2021 Over the last decade, the urgency to find alternative and sustainable protein sources has prompted an exponential increase in the interest in insects as a human food source. Edible insects contribute suitable amounts of energy and protein, fatty acids, and micronutrients to the human diet.
Van Huis, Arnold +3 more
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Edible Aquatic Insects: Diversities, Nutrition, and Safety
Foods, 2021 Edible insects have great potential to be human food; among them, aquatic insects have unique characteristics and deserve special attention. Before consuming these insects, the nutrition and food safety should always be considered.
Min Zhao +6 more
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Dietary Modulation of Oxidative Stress From Edible Insects: A Mini-Review
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 Edible insects are proposed as a nutritious and environmentally sustainable alternative source to animal proteins, due to their numerous advantages in terms of reduced ecological impact and high nutritional value.
Veronica D'Antonio +2 more
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Edible insects: Tendency or necessity (a review)
eFood, 2023 Eating insects has been a widespread habit in many cultures for many years. Edible insects represent an innovative food source with many advantages that will help the problem of protein and energy shortages created by the rapid growth of the world ...
Konstantina Papastavropoulou +2 more
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Insects as a Source of Protein
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2022 The world population growth has increased demand for traditional protein sources but an alternative protein source was sought due to limited land. Edible insects containing all the essential amino acids in a healthy diet are sustainable and promising ...
Gizem Simge Kılınç +2 more
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, 2016 Edible insects are being framed as a panacea for health, resource and climate challenges, and the ‘entomophagy movement’ is growing rapidly. Yet as the insect ‘solution’ is scaled up, there is a greater focus on technical innovation and less on the ...
Evans, J +3 more
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The exploration and utilization of functional substances in edible insects: a review
Food Production, Processing and Nutrition, 2022 Edible insects as food have been considered as a core future protein source. Not only are edible insects abundant in nutrient value, but also have numbers of functional substances, which could provide a multiple valuable benefits for humans.
Lei Qian +5 more
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Fats and major fatty acids present in edible insects utilised as food and livestock feed
Veterinary and Animal Science, 2023 Common food sources including meat, fish and vegetables are the main source of fats and fatty acids required by human body. Edible insects such as worms, locusts, termites, crickets and flies have also been identified as a potential source of essential ...
Sekobane Daniel Kolobe +4 more
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Taxonomic Features and Comparison of the Gut Microbiome from Two Edible Fungus-Farming Termites (Macrotermes falciger, M. natalensis) Harvested in the Vhembe District of Limpopo, South Africa [PDF]
, 2019 Background Termites are an important food resource for many human populations around the world, and are a good supply of nutrients. The fungus-farming ‘higher’ termite members of Macrotermitinae are also consumed by modern great apes and are implicated ...
Duncan, Frances D. +6 more
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