Nutritional and sensory quality of edible insects

NFS Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 22-26

  Kouřimská, Lenka ^a   Adámková, Anna ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chitin; Entomophagy; Fat; Minerals; Proteins; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979035649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nfs.2016.07.001     Document Type: Review

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