Simulated digestion status of intact and exoskeletally-punctured insects and insect larvae: A spectroscopic investigation

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 126-140

  Prinz, J F ^a   Silwood, C J L ^b   Claxson, A W D ^b   Grootveld, M ^b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Digestion; Insects; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHITIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRYLLIDAE; LARVA; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TENEBRIO; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHITIN; DIET; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRYLLIDAE; LARVA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TENEBRIO;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 0038003013     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070646     Document Type: Review

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