Preliminary data on the nutritional composition of the edible stink-bug, Encosternum delegorguei Spinola, consumed in Limpopo province, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 103, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 434-436

  Teffo, L S ^a   Toms, R B ^b   Eloff, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FAT; FOOD; HARVESTING; INSECT; MARKET; MINERAL; NUTRITION; PROTEIN; VITAMIN;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PENTATOMIDAE;

EID: 41749113530     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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