The prospects of the use of insects as an alternative source of proteins and medicine for human
1 Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Technology, Minna Nigeria.
2 Department of Animal Biology, Federal University of Technology, Minna Nigeria.
3 Faculty of medicine and biomedical sciences, University of Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Review Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019, 09(01), 039-045.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2019.9.1.0129
Publication history:
Received on 12 April, 2019; revised on 28 September 2019; accepted on 30 September 2019
Abstract:
Insects are highly efficient source of protein for humans, either through a direct consumption or as food supplements for many nations have already been using it. The high protein content is an indication that the insects can be of value in man and animal ration and can eventually replace higher animal protein usually absent in the diet of rural dwellers in developing countries. The protein content differs by species of insects, but generally is of a good quality and high digestibility. This review sheds a limelight on the prospect use of insects as an alternative source of human protein and medicine. However, the West refuses entomophagy as disgusting, businesses, industry, governments, and research will be positively impacted once the eating of insects is widely accepted. Replacing vertebrate livestock-derived foods and food ingredients with those derived from insects will also substantially improve the health of the earth’s natural environment. In this respect, the review explain the latest information on nutritional contents and supplements, insect as animal feed, efficiency, health value and insects as the future prospect of human meat.
Keywords:
Insect; Entomophagy; Proteins; Medicine; Human
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