Table 1 The functional substances of immunological regulation in edible insects
From: The exploration and utilization of functional substances in edible insects: a review
Functional substances | Insect species | References |
|---|---|---|
Anti-microbial peptide | Bombyx mori, Castor silkworm, Hyalophra cecropia, Tobacco hornworm, Sarcophagidae, Oestris ovis, Drosophila melanogaster, Honeybee, Meal beetle, Locusta migratoria manilensis, Aspongopus chinensis | Wu & Jin 2005; Ran & Zhao 2014; Li et al. 2015; Xu et al. 2020 |
Antimicrobial proteins | Silkworm Chrysalis, Musca domestica, Mesobuthus tamulus, Stomoxys calcitrans, | Zhang et al. 2013; Ran & Zhao 2014; Xu et al. 2020; Das et al. 2021 |
Agglutinin | Silkworm Chrysalis, Bombyx mori, Antherea pernyi, Hyalophra cecropia, Spodoptera exigua, Mythimna separata, Teleogryllus commodus, Periplaneta americana, Extatosoma tiaratum, Allomyrina dichotoma, Boettcherisca peregrina, Musca domestica | Zhao et al. 2012; Ran & Zhao 2014; Xu et al. 2020; Eleftherianos et al. 2021; Lanng et al. 2021 |
Bacteriolytic proteins | Antheraea pernyi, Plutella xylostella, Helicoverpa armigera, Galleria mellonella, | Altincicek & Vilcinskas 2006; York 2018; Liao et al. 2018 |
Polysaccharides | Ericerus pela Chavannes, Silkworm Chrysalis, Tenebrio molitor, Periplaneta americana, Heterolocha jinyinhuaphaga Chu, Eupolyphagasinensis Walker | Sun et al. 2009, b; He et al. 2008 & He 2011; Zhao et al. 2012 |