Determination of chemical elements in insects as food and feed by neutron and photon activation analyses
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61389005%3A_____%2F25%3A00640543" target="_blank" >RIV/61389005:_____/25:00640543 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41210/25:102067
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889157525011421" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889157525011421</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2025.108326" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jfca.2025.108326</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Determination of chemical elements in insects as food and feed by neutron and photon activation analyses
Original language description
Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and instrumental photon activation analysis (IPAA) were used to determine the mass fractions of elements in edible insects. These non-destructive methods allow the sensitive and accurate measurement elements in the biological matrix. Major nutritionally significant elements as Na, Mg, K, Ca, and trace elements as Al, Cl, V, Cr, Fe, Mn, Co, Cu, Zn, Se, Br, and I were determined in insects-Acheta domesticus, Alphitobius diaperinus, Locusta migratoria, Tenebrio molitor, Hermetia illucens, Apis mellifera, Zophobas morio, Gryllus assimilis, and Blaberus discoidalis. Other elements like Sc, Ti, Sr, Mo, Sb, Cs, Ba, W, and Au were found in some insect species. Toxic elements Ni, As, Cd, and Pb were not detected, with exceptions. The results of the determination were compared with reference daily allowance (RDA) for healthy individuals. The analysis of edible insects has great importance in the integration of insects into the human and animal diets as a possible solution to the global challenges of sustainable agriculture, climate crisis and food security. This introductory study presents the application of INAA and IPAA to determinine elemental content in edible insects, an approach not previously reported in the literature.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10406 - Analytical chemistry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
ISSN
0889-1575
e-ISSN
1096-0481
Volume of the periodical
148
Issue of the periodical within the volume
December
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
108326
UT code for WoS article
001583109200006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105016564005