Differences in fatty acid composition between aquatic and terrestrial insects used as food in human nutrition

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-367

  Fontaneto, Diego ^a,b   Tommaseo Ponzetta, Mila ^c   Galli, Claudio ^d   Risé, Patrizia ^d   Glew, Robert H ^e   Paoletti, Maurizio G ^f  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entomophagy; Human brain evolution; Insects; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Non domesticated human food; Nonconventional food; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EDIBLE SPECIES; FATTY ACID; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD ORGANISM; INSECT; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; INSECT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; INSECTS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79960331636     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2011.586316     Document Type: Article

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