Nature has been the source of life-changing and-saving medications for centuries. Aspirin,
penicillin and morphine are prime examples of Nature׳ s gifts to medicine. These discoveries …

The metabolic modifications of birch (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) leaf phenolics in the digestive
tract of its major defoliator, larvae of the autumnal moth Epirrita autumnata, were studied …

Edible insects have become a promising food source because they are rich in protein, fatty
acids, minerals, among others. In recent years, edible insects have been proposed to be …

Some Bombyx mori strains such as Daizo accumulate a large amount of coloring
compounds in a cocoon. The methanolic cocoon extract of the silkworm strain 142a x Daizo …

Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel., also known as the “Alkali Grass”, is a major forage grass in
the eastern and northeastern steppe vegetation in the Songnen Prairie. It is of great practical …

The Chinese Taihe Black-bone silky fowl (TBsf) is the homology of medicine and food and
has high nutritional and medical value all over the world. However, the nutritional …

Globally, gall-forming insects significantly contribute to the degradation of desert
ecosystems. Recent studies have demonstrated that Haloxylon persicum suffers less …

Insects are an alternative source of human and animal food that not only have nutritional
characteristics and important bioactive compounds, but also can help reduce the impact of …

Hookworm is one type of soil-transmitted helminth, which could exert an anti-inflammatory
effect in human or animal host, which provide a beneficial possibility for discovery of …

The silkworm Bombyx mori is an oligophagous insect that feeds mainly on mulberry leaves.
The olfactory system of silkworm is a good model to study olfaction in Lepidoptera. Here, we …