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Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 7, July 2025.Fat body (FB) acts as a major metabolic center important for the regulation of a variety of physiological processes such as embryogenesis, reproduction, flight, overwintering, protection, and communication. Lipid amounts and fatty acid (FA) composition vary with species, stage of life, and their diet.
Shahida Anusha Siddiqui +2 more
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Entomophagy—Acceptance or Hesitancy in Romania
Sustainability, 2023 This study analyzes the attitudes and perceptions of Romanian individuals regarding entomophagy, which is the practice of eating insects, with the explicit purpose of finding out the factors that influence acceptance and hesitancy using a questionnaire with 470 respondents.
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Alternative Protein Sources: Addressing Global Food Security and Environmental Sustainability
Sustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 3958-3969, June 2025.ABSTRACT The projected global population increase to 8.60 billion by 2050 and 11.20 billion by 2100 underscores the urgent need for sustainable solutions to secure essential food resources, particularly protein, for human health. Traditional animal‐based proteins, while nutritionally rich, are environmentally costly due to greenhouse gas emissions ...
Nilesh Nirmal +4 more
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Protein From Plants and Insects: A Glimpse Into the Future
Food Chemistry International, Volume 1, Issue 1, Page 14-15, March 2025.ABSTRACT As the global population nears 10 billion by 2050, the demand for sustainable protein sources is growing. Plant‐based and insect‐derived proteins offer viable alternatives to traditional livestock, significantly reducing environmental impact while providing essential nutrients.
Federico Casanova
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Determinants of Receptivity Towards Entomophagy among Young Adults
Mercados y NegociosThis research focuses on understanding the factors influencing the acceptance of entomophagy in Morelia, Michoacán. The study involves a survey aimed at two distinct groups of young adults aged 18 to 29 (control and experimental), a demographic known for
Carlos Francisco Ortiz Paniagua +2 more
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Microscopy Research and Technique, Volume 88, Issue 3, Page 761-780, March 2025.This research described the ultrastructural organization of Coccinellidae maxillary palps. The apical sensory area housed the largest number of sensilla. The sensilla belonged to three types: uniporous, multiporous, and campaniform sensilla. Large number of sensilla and sensory neurons provide evidence that maxillary palps act as primary sensory organ ...
Milos Sevarika, Roberto Romani
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ChemistryOpen, Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2025.The review explores the latest updates (2013–2024) and information about pesticidal plants (22 plant species) that are distributed across Africa and offers insights into the integration of nanoformulated natural compounds as a more sustainable option to control desert locust invasions.
Patrick Mangundu +6 more
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A Consuming Passion for Entomophagy [PDF]
American Entomologist, 2016 In March 2015, levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere topped a global average of 400 ppm for the first time since monitoring began (Allen 2015). This increase, up from 280 ppm in pre-industrial days, has been accompanied, not coincidentally, by an increase of 1.6 °F in global temperatures (Kahn 2015).
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Entomophagy: A Future Feed Security System
International Journal for Modern Trends in Science and Technology, 2020 From the point of view of the current environmental situation which leads to non-availability of agricultural land, water resource, emission of greenhouse gases ultimately causing global warming, Entomophagy i.e. practice of eating edible insects comes as a rescue to the future feed security system.
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Discovering The Significant Potential of Edible Insects In Food, Feed, And Drug Security
Food ScienTech JournalPractice of entomophagy is mainly constrained by socio-economic factors and climate. Knowledge on the practice of entomophagy is scarce globally. Structured questionnaires (560 pieces) were effectively administered in six states (ten Local-Government ...
Elias Mjaika Ndifon +3 more
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