Nutritional composition of five commercial edible insects in South Korea

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 686-694

  Ghosh, Sampat ^a   Lee, So Min ^a   Jung, Chuleui ^a   Meyer Rochow, V B ^b,c  

^a Andong National University   (South Korea)

^b Research Institute of Luminous Organisms   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Animal oil; Climate change; Micro livestock; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017637297     PISSN: 12268615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.04.003     Document Type: Article

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