Food Value of Mealworm Grown on Acrocomia aculeata Pulp Flour.

Insects have played an important role as human food throughout history, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America. A good example of edible insects is the mealworm, Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), which are eaten in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. This speci...

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Main Authors: Ariana Vieira Alves, Eliana Janet Sanjinez-Argandoña, Adelita Maria Linzmeier, Claudia Andrea Lima Cardoso, Maria Lígia Rodrigues Macedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4807927?pdf=render