Chemical composition of Aspongopus nepalensis Westwood 1837 (Hemiptera; Pentatomidae), a common food insect of tribal people in Arunachal Pradesh (India)

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-56

  Chakravorty, Jharna ^a,b   Ghosh, Sampat ^a   Meyer Rochow, V Benno ^b,c  

^a RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arunachal pradesh; Aspongopus nepalensis; Bug; Edible insects; Entomophagy; Fatty acids; Macronutrients; Micronutrients

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARACHIDIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; BORAGE OIL; CALCIUM; COPPER; CORN OIL; FAT; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; POTASSIUM; PRIMROSE OIL; PROTEIN; RETINOL; SAFFLOWER OIL; SODIUM; STEARIC ACID; SUNFLOWER OIL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ASH; ASPONGOPUS NEPALENSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIBER; FOOD; HEMIPTERA; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEMIPTERA; INDIA; MICRONUTRIENTS; WATER;

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; PENTATOMIDAE;

EID: 84855500551     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000050     Document Type: Article

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