Nutritional composition, health benefits, and application value of edible insects: a review

Y Zhou, D Wang, S Zhou, H Duan, J Guo, W Yan - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
For thousands of years, edible insects have been used as food to alleviate hunger and
improve malnutrition. Some insects have also been used as medicines because of their …

Unlocking the biological potential of proteins from edible insects through enzymatic hydrolysis: A review

AB Nongonierma, RJ FitzGerald - Innovative Food Science & Emerging …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review, focusing on studies published between 2005 and 2017, analysed the literature
on the generation of bioactive peptides (BAPs) from edible insect proteins following …

[PDF][PDF] Insects: a protein-rich feed ingredient in pig and poultry diets

T Veldkamp, G Bosch - Animal Frontiers, 2015 - library.wur.nl
The use of insects as a sustainable protein-rich feed ingredient in pig and poultry diets is
technically feasible. Insects can turn lowgrade biowaste into proteins.• The amino acid …

[HTML][HTML] Productive performance and blood profiles of laying hens fed Hermetia illucens larvae meal as total replacement of soybean meal from 24 to 45 weeks of age

S Marono, R Loponte, P Lombardi, G Vassalotti… - Poultry science, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of the research was to study the effects of an insect meal from Hermetia illucens
larvae (HILM) as complete replacement of soybean meal (SBM) on productive performance …

Dietary and therapeutic benefits of edible insects: A global perspective

CM Tanga, S Ekesi - Annual Review of Entomology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Edible insects are gaining traction worldwide for research and development. This review
synthesizes a large and well-established body of research literature on the high nutritional …

[HTML][HTML] Insects: an underrepresented resource for the discovery of biologically active natural products

L Seabrooks, L Hu - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological properties and therapeutic potential of honey bee venom

A Ullah, FM Aldakheel, SI Anjum, G Raza… - Saudi Pharmaceutical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Honey bee venom (BV) is a valuable product, and has a wide range of biological effects,
and its use is rapidly increasing in apitherapy. Therefore, the current study, we reviewed the …

Reactive oxygen species, apoptosis, antimicrobial peptides and human inflammatory diseases

BE Oyinloye, AF Adenowo, AP Kappo - Pharmaceuticals, 2015 - mdpi.com
Excessive free radical generation, especially reactive oxygen species (ROS) leading to
oxidative stress in the biological system, has been implicated in the pathogenesis and …

[HTML][HTML] The use of tick salivary proteins as novel therapeutics

J Chmelař, J Kotál, A Kovaříková… - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The last three decades of research into tick salivary components have revealed several
proteins with important pharmacological and immunological activities. Two primary interests …

Natural antimicrobial peptide complexes in the fighting of antibiotic resistant biofilms: Calliphora vicina medicinal maggots

N Gordya, A Yakovlev, A Kruglikova, D Tulin… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Biofilms, sedimented microbial communities embedded in a biopolymer matrix cause vast
majority of human bacterial infections and many severe complications such as chronic …