Oils of insects and larvae consumed in Africa: Potential sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids

OCL - Oleagineux Corps Gras Lipides

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 230-235

  Womeni, Hilaire Macaire ^a   Linder, Michel ^b   Tiencheu, Bernard ^a   Mbiapo, Félicité Tchouanguep ^a   Villeneuve, Pierre ^c   Fanni, Jacques ^b   Parmentier, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Carterpillar; Edible insects; Essential fatty acids; Homorocoryphus nitidulus; Imbrasia sp.; Macrotermes sp.; Oils; Rhynchophorus phoenicis; Zonocerus variegates

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; DICTYOPTERA; DIPTERA; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; IMBRASIA; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROTERMES; ORTHOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; RHYNCHOPHORUS PHOENICIS; ZONOCERUS;

EID: 84996130951     PISSN: 12588210     EISSN: 1950697X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ocl.2009.0279     Document Type: Article

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