Nutritional value of the field cricket (gryllus testaceus walker)

Insect Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-283

  Wang, Dun ^a,b   Bai, Yao Yu ^b   Li, Jiang Hong ^b   Zhang, Chuan Xi ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Chitin; Chitosan; Fatty acid; Field cricket

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049170802     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2004.tb00424.x     Document Type: Article

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