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Novel foods: allergenicity assessment of insect proteins [PDF]

EFSA Journal, 2022
Insects represent a promising source of proteins and have been reported as a great potential for being used as novel food and feed proteins. This makes them a valuable source of nutrients to face the increasing demand of food necessitated by the growing ...
Biase Liguori, Ana Isabel Sancho, Morten Poulsen, Katrine Lindholm Bøgh   +3 more
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Edible insect as an alternative protein source: a review on the chemistry and functionalities of proteins under different processing methods

Heliyon, 2023
The consumption of edible insects can be anadvantageous alternative to the conventional food supply chain, which involves global water waste, land deficit, undernutrition, and starvation. Besides the nutritional aspects, insect proteins have demonstrated
Lucas Sales Queiroz, Naaman Francisco Nogueira Silva, Flemming Jessen, Mohammad Amin Mohammadifar, Rodrigo Stephani, Antonio Fernandes de Carvalho, Ítalo Tuler Perrone, Federico Casanova   +7 more
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The 40-Year Mystery of Insect Odorant-Binding Proteins

Biomolecules, 2021
The survival of insects depends on their ability to detect molecules present in their environment. Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) form a family of proteins involved in chemoreception.
Karen Rihani, Jean-François Ferveur, Loïc Briand   +2 more
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Insect proteins and peptides: preparation, bioactivities, and applications [PDF]

Food Science of Animal Resources
The surge in global population has driven a dramatic increase in protein demand, and insects have emerged as a promising sustainable high-quality protein resource due to their advantages of high reproductive rates, low production costs, high protein ...
Lingke Wang, Jiayou Li, Yixin Chen, Yang Zhang, Ruyuan Zhang   +4 more
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Identification and evolutionary analysis of insect fibrillin with their closely related family proteins [PDF]

PeerJ
Fibrillins constitute a class of extracellular matrix proteins, and the C-terminal peptide of vertebrate fibrillin members has been identified as a hormone that regulates glucose metabolism.
Jiani Chen, Feng Zhou, Xinyu Sun, Zhuanxia Li, Shuning Sun, Yuying Zhang, Lixia Wan   +6 more
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Edible insects - new meat alternative: a review [PDF]

Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2023
Nowadays, the challenge of finding food capable of meeting the needs of the population in terms of availability, nutritional value and sustainability is not only a necessity, but also an aspiration for a healthier lifestyle. The replacement of vertebrate
Milena Ruskova, Todorka PETROVA, Zhivka GORANOVA   +2 more
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Cross-Talk Between Intestinal Microbiota and Host Gene Expression in Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata) Juveniles: Insights in Fish Feeds for Increased Circularity and Resource Utilization

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
New types of fish feed based on processed animal proteins (PAPs), insect meal, yeast, and microbial biomasses have been used with success in gilthead sea bream.
Fernando Naya-Català, Gabriella do Vale Pereira, M. Carla Piazzon, Ana Margarida Fernandes, Ana Margarida Fernandes, Josep Alvar Calduch-Giner, Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla, Luis E. C. Conceição, Jaume Pérez-Sánchez   +8 more
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Ultrafiltration of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) and Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Protein Concentrates to Enhance Emulsifying and Foaming Properties

Membranes, 2023
Mealworm, TM (Tenebrio molitor), and black soldier fly, BSF (Hermetia illucens) are of special interest for food and feed applications due to their environmental benefits such as low water and land requirements, low greenhouse gas emissions, and high ...
Madushika K. Ranasinghe, Aurélie Ballon, Sílvia de Lamo-Castellví, Montserrat Ferrando, Carme Güell   +4 more
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Effect of Blanching Plus Fermentation on Selected Functional Properties of Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Powders

Foods, 2020
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of blanching followed by fermentation of mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) with commercial meat starter cultures on the functional properties of powders produced from the larvae.
An Borremans, Sara Bußler, Sorel Tchewonpi Sagu, Harshadrai Rawel, Oliver K. Schlüter, Van Campenhout Leen   +5 more
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Effects of Enzymatic Hydrolysis on the Functional Properties, Antioxidant Activity and Protein Structure of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Protein

Insects, 2020
The effects of chemical protein extraction, and enzymatic hydrolysis with Alcalase, papain and pepsin, on the functional properties, antioxidant activity, amino acid composition and protein structure of black soldier fly (H. illucens) larval protein were
Inayat Batish, Devon Brits, Pedro Valencia, Caio Miyai, Shamil Rafeeq, Yixiang Xu, Magdalini Galanopoulos, Edward Sismour, Reza Ovissipour   +8 more
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