Pharmaceutical potentials of the oils of some popular insects consumed in southern Nigeria

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 051-057

  Ekpo, K E ^a   Onigbinde, A O ^a   Asia, I O ^a  

^a AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Imbrasia belina; Macrotermes bellicosus; Oryctes rhinoceros Rhynchophorus pheonicis; Pharmaceutical potential

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; GLYCOLIPID; IODINE; LARVA OIL; OIL; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMBRASIA BELINA; INSECT; LIPID ANALYSIS; MACROTERMES BELLICOSUS; NONHUMAN; ORYCTES RHINOCEROS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFRACTION INDEX; RELATIVE DENSITY; RHYNCHOPHORUS PHEONICIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAPONIFICATION; SOLID;

EID: 70349426876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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