Purine derivate content and amino acid profile in larval stages of three edible insects

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-76

  Bednářová, Martina ^a   Borkovcová, Marie ^a   Komprda, Tomáš ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amino acid profile; Cricket; Larval stages; Mealworm; Purine derivates; Superworm

Indexed keywords

COLUMBA; ENSIFERA (INSECTS); GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS ASSIMILIS; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; ZOPHOBAS ATRATUS;

AMINO ACID; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID PROFILE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRICKET; EUROPE; GOUT; GRYLLIDAE; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; INSECT; LARVA; LARVAL STAGES; MEALWORM; MEAT; PROTEIN INTAKE; PURINE DERIVATES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUPERWORM; TENEBRIO;

AMINO ACID PROFILE; CRICKET; LARVAL STAGES; MEALWORM; PURINE DERIVATES; SUPERWORM;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHICKENS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EUROPE; GOUT; GRYLLIDAE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; INSECTS; LARVA; MEAT; PURINES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TENEBRIO;

EID: 84887234861     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6198     Document Type: Article

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