Tenebrio molitor as a source of interesting natural compounds, their recovery processes, biological effects, and safety aspects

S Errico, A Spagnoletta, A Verardi… - … Reviews in Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, it is urgent to produce in larger quantities and more sustainably to reduce the
gap between food supply and demand. In a circular bioeconomy vision, insects receive …

[HTML][HTML] Extraction, physicochemical characterization, and morphological properties of chitin and chitosan from cuticles of edible insects

AJ da Silva Lucas, EQ Oreste, HLG Costa, HM López… - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
As an alternative, cuticles from edible insects was proposed as an unconventional but viable
source of chitin and chitosan. The chitin present in the mealworm's (Tenebrio molitor) …

Valorisation of agri-food waste and mealworms rearing residues for improving the sustainability of Tenebrio molitor industrial production

P Sangiorgio, A Verardi, S Dimatteo… - Journal of Insects …, 2022 - wageningenacademic.com
The challenge of feeding over 9 billion humans by 2050 requires a 'rethink'of the current
linear food production system. In the view of a circular economy, insects can provide a …

Insect residues as an alternative and promising source for the extraction of chitin and chitosan

SSN Machado, JBA da Silva, RQ Nascimento… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work aimed to obtain and characterize chitin and chitosan extracted from the rearing
residues of Tenebrio molitor, Zophobas morio, and Blaptica dubia insects in different growth …

Optimizing Chitin Extraction and Chitosan Production from House Cricket Flour

A Espinosa-Solís, A Velázquez-Segura… - Processes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chitin and its derivative, chitosan, have diverse applications in fields such as agriculture,
medicine, and biosensors, amongst others. Extraction is primarily conducted from marine …

Chitosan Films Obtained from Brachystola magna (Girard) and Its Evaluation on Quality Attributes in Sausages during Storage

JM Tirado-Gallegos, PB Zamudio-Flores… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
High molecular weight chitosan (≈ 322 kDa) was obtained from chitin isolated from
Brachystola magna (Girard) to produced biodegradable films. Their physicochemical …

[PDF][PDF] Increase in the mortality of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae due to the application of an electric field during conidiation

D Rodriguez-Gomez, L Garate-Velez… - Revista Mexicana …, 2020 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The effects of an electric field on conidia production by Metarhizium anisopliae in solid state
culture were determined. A 450-mL electrochemical cell (EC) with titanium ruthenium-oxide …

Optimizing Chitin Extraction and Chitosan Production From Domestic Cricket Flour

A Espinosa-Solís, A Velázquez-Segura… - 2024 - preprints.org
Chitin and its derivative, chitosan, have diverse applications in fields such as agriculture,
medicine, and biosensors, amongst others. Extraction is primarily conducted from marine …

Electrochemical Treatment of Phenolic Wastewater with TiO2/SnO2 Electrode: Influence of Operating Parameters and Optimization

H Yuan, H Li, L Zha, J Chen - International Journal of Electrochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The phenolic wastewater produced in the production process generally has the
characteristics of high concentration, strong biological toxicity, difficult degradation and long …

Degradación bacteriana del exoesqueleto de langostino (Litopenaeus vannamei) para la obtención de quitina

SDP Arcaya Rodríguez - 2022 - repositorio.untumbes.edu.pe
En la actualidad los residuos de crustáceos principalmente en langostino son los
responsables de un problema ambiental no resuelto en su totalidad. Por ello, se buscan …