Lipids and fatty acid composition of dried edible red and black ants

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1072-1077

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

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Edible black ant; Edible red ant; Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius; Polyrhachis vicina Roger; Polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA; POLYRHACHIS;

EID: 77954914764     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(09)60192-9     Document Type: Article

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