Chemical composition and amino acids content of five species of edible Grasshoppers from Mexico

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 654-658

  Melo Ruiz, Virginia ^a   Sandoval Trujillo, Horacio ^a   Quirino Barreda, Tomas ^a   Sánchez Herrera, Karina ^a   Díaz García, Rafael ^a   Calvo Carrillo, Concepción ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Food; Grasshoppers; Nutrition; Proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958155074     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.2015.04.093     Document Type: Article

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