Natural materials and products from insects : chemistry and applications

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    • Kumar, Dhiraj
    • Shahid, Mohammad
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Natural materials and products from insects : chemistry and applications

Dhiraj Kumar, Mohammad Shahid, editors

Springer, 2020

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"ISBN:9783030366100(eBook)"--T.p.verso

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This book reviews the latest research on bioproducts from various economically important insects, such as silkworms, honey bees, lac and drosophila, and termites, and discusses their general, biomedical and industrial applications in detail. It includes chapters focusing on insects as a food source, probiotics, silk-based biomaterials, insect pheromones, insects as biomedicine source, pupa oil chemistry, non-protein compounds from Lepidopteran insects, insect chitin and chitosan, polyphenols and flavonoids. Model insects like Bombyx mori or bees were domesticated in Asian countries thousands of years ago. Over time, natural products from these animals became industrialized and today they attracting increasing attention thanks to their sustainability and their manifold applications in agriculture and biomedicine. The book is intended for entomologists, material scientists, natural product researchers and biotechnologists.

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