- 著者
- 德丸 晋虫 静川 幸明
- 出版者
- 日本応用動物昆虫学会
- 雑誌
- 日本応用動物昆虫学会誌 (ISSN:00214914)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.67, no.2, pp.53-56, 2023-05-25 (Released:2023-06-16)
- 参考文献数
- 24
To evaluate the dietary antioxidant content of insects, we analyzed the hydrophilic oxygen radical absorbance capacity(H-ORAC) of silkworms(Bombyx mori Linnaeus), and rice grasshoppers(Oxya yezoensis Shiraki), which have been used as edible insects in Japan for many years, and Japanese buff-tip moths, Phalera flavescens(Bremer et Grey), which feed on cherry blossom tree leaves. Among these three insects, the H-ORAC value was highest(7455±185 µmol Trolox eq./100 g FW)in O. yezoensis adults, followed by B. mori pupae(4417.5±270.1), B. mori larvae(4280±189.1), and P. flavescens larvae(4112.5±409.4). The H-ORAC of all three insect species were more than twice those of most fresh vegetables, suggesting high antioxidant potential.