Marketability and nutritional qualities of some edible forest insects in Benue State, Nigeria

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 917-922

  Agbidye, F S ^a   Ofuya, T I ^b   Akindele, S O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Benue State; Edible forest insects; Marketability; Nutritional qualities

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ASH; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BRACHYTRUPES MEMBRANACEUS; BUNAEA ALCINOE; CATERPILLAR; CIRINA FORDA; DRY WEIGHT; EDIBLE INSECT; FIBER; FOREST; INSECT; LARVA; MACROTERMES NATALENSIS; MARKETING; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTEIN CONTENT;

BRACHYTRUPES MEMBRANACEUS; CIRINA FORDA; HEXAPODA; MACROTERMES NATALENSIS; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 66749118268     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.917.922     Document Type: Article

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