Journal
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES IN CHINA
Volume 9, Issue 7, Pages 1072-1077Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(09)60192-9
Keywords
Polyrhachis vicina Roger; Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius; edible black ant; edible red ant; polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Total lipid contents, lipid classes and fatty acid compositions of hot-air dried edible black ants (Polyrhachis vicina Roger) from Wenzhou and Guizhou, China, and edible red ant (Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius) from Thailand were determined. The major lipid components were triacylglycerol (43.4-79.4% of total lipid), followed by phospholipids (6.1-21.5%), diacylglycerol (6.1-18.1%) and cholesterol ester (4.9-13.5%) while free fatty acids (1.8-2.9%) and sterol (0.5-0.8%) were the minor components. Oleic acid (C(18:1)) was the most predominant fatty acid, accounting for 3407.8, 9098.8 and 3790.1 mg 100 g(-1) in Wenzhou and Guizhou black ants, and Thai red ant, respectively. Followed by palmitic acid (C(16:0)), 922.9, 2523.3 and 1511.8 mg 100 g(-1); linoleic acid (C(18:2n-6)), 133.7, 305.2 and 506.4 mg 100 g(-1); alpha-linolenic acid (C(18:3n-3)), 35.1, 138.0 and 52.5 mg 100 g(-1); eicosapentaenoic acid (C(20:5-3)) was 19.1, 15.0 and 20.0 mg 100 g(-1) in Wenzhou and Guizhou black ants, and Thai red ant, respectively. Docosapentaenoic acid (C(22:5n-3)) was only found in black ants, 7.0 and 7.3 mg 100 g(-1) for Wenzhou and Guizhou ants, respectively. The edible black and red ants were shown to be a good source of unsaturated fatty acid.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available