Potential of Insect Life Stages as Functional Ingredients for Improved Nutrition and Health
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemicals and Reagents
2.2. Sample Collection
2.3. Sample Preparation
2.4. Analyses of Fatty Acids
2.5. Analyses of Minerals
2.6. Analyses of Proximate Nutritional Parameters
2.7. Analyses of Vitamins
2.8. Statistical Data Analyses
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Analyses of Fatty Acids
3.2. Analyses of Minerals
3.3. Analyses of Proximate Nutritional Parameters
3.4. Analyses of Vitamins
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Free Fatty Acids | Insects | |||||
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B. mori | S. cynthia ricini | G. cocaulti | F-Value | df | p-Value | |
Lauric | 0.23 ± 0.07 b | 0.23 ± 0.06 b | 0.08 ± 0.04 a | 7.146 | 2 | 0.0259 |
Azelaic | 2.82 ± 0.41 b | 0.96 ± 0.07 a | 0.53 ± 0.20 a | 62.97 | 2 | <0.0001 |
Myristic | 1.80 ± 0.48 ab | 1.24 ± 0.10 a | 2.04 ± 0.02 b | 6.334 | 2 | 0.0332 |
Pentadecanoic | 0.33 ± 0.09 a | 0.35 ± 0.02 a | 1.52 ± 0.03 b | 391.2 | 2 | <0.0001 |
Palmitoleic | 9.47 ± 1.14 b | 6.57 ± 0.64 a | 4.97 ± 0.51 a | 23.78 | 2 | 0.0014 |
Heptadecanoic | 1.89 ± 0.11 a | 1.85 ± 0.12 a | 6.18 ± 0.40 b | 298.9 | 2 | <0.0001 |
Linoleic | 4.52 ± 0.35 a | 6.99 ± 1.16 a | 18.18 ± 1.69 b | 109.7 | 2 | <0.0001 |
Elaidic | 68.88 ± 3.10 b | 76.08 ± 1.42 c | 59.03 ± 1.92 a | 43.08 | 2 | 0.0003 |
Nonadecanoic | 1.69 ± 0.65 a | 0.81 ± 0.07 b | 1.69 ± 0.07 a | 5.362 | 2 | 0.0462 |
Eicosanoic | 8.36 ± 1.15 b | 4.92 ± 0.32 a | 5.78 ± 0.36 a | 18.32 | 2 | 0.0028 |
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Tanga, C.M.; Mokaya, H.O.; Kasiera, W.; Subramanian, S. Potential of Insect Life Stages as Functional Ingredients for Improved Nutrition and Health. Insects 2023, 14, 136. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020136
Tanga CM, Mokaya HO, Kasiera W, Subramanian S. Potential of Insect Life Stages as Functional Ingredients for Improved Nutrition and Health. Insects. 2023; 14(2):136. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020136
Chicago/Turabian StyleTanga, Chrysantus M., Hosea O. Mokaya, Wendie Kasiera, and Sevgan Subramanian. 2023. "Potential of Insect Life Stages as Functional Ingredients for Improved Nutrition and Health" Insects 14, no. 2: 136. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020136