Nutritional value and consumption of black ants (Carebara vidua Smith) from the lake Victoria region in Kenya

Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-45

  Ayieko, M A ^a   Kinyuru, J N ^b   Ndong'a, M F ^c   Kenji, G M ^b  

^a Bondo University College   (Kenya)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Black ants; Carebara vidua; Edible insects; Ethnomedicine; Nutritional value

Indexed keywords

BLACK ANTS; CAREBARA VIDUA; EDIBLE INSECTS; ETHNOMEDICINE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

CONSERVATION; LINOLEIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; NUTRIENTS; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

LAKES;

CAREBARA VIDUA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; POLYRHACHIS;

EID: 84859480798     PISSN: 20424868     EISSN: 20424876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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