Nutritional and fatty acid profiles of sun-dried edible black ants (Polyrhachis vicina Roger)

Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-112

  Bhulaidok, Subhachai ^a   Sihamala, Oranut ^a   Shen, Lirong ^a   Li, Duo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Edible black ants; Nutritional composition; Polyrhachis vicina

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950877453     PISSN: 19057873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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