The use of insects in traditional medicine and unveiling the chemical structure of the bright
pigments in butterfly wings led to the discovery of bioactive phenolic compounds in the …

Edible insects have the potential to become one of the major future foods. In fact, they can
be considered cheap, highly nutritious, and healthy food sources. International agencies …

Attempts to characterize tannin activity in biological systems have met with mixed success.
Although there are many examples in which tannins inhibit fungal, bacterial, and/or viral …

How healthy are insects? This is a highly relevant question in view of the global interest in
the potential of insects as a sustainable food source in food systems and diets. Edible …

Several secondary metabolites synthesized in plants have significant defensive role against
herbivores, pests and pathogens. The defensive role played by such secondary metabolites …

This thesis focuses on flavonoids, a subgroup of phenolic compounds produced by plants,
and how they affect the herbivorous larvae of lepidopterans and sawflies. The first part of the …

Edible insects are high value alternative protein sources, exhibiting high quality nutrient
compositions along with potentially health-promoting constituents. Insects are rich in protein …

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 …

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Insects, a traditional food in many parts of the world, are highly nutritious and especially rich
in proteins and thus represent a potential food and protein source. A compilation of 236 …