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A Multimethodological Approach for the Chemical Characterization of Edible Insects: The Case Study of Acheta domesticus

Acheta domesticus (house cricket) has been recently introduced into the official European list of novel foods, representing an alternative and sustainable food source. Up to now, the chemical characterization of this edible insect has been focused only on specific classes of compounds. Here, three p...

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Autores principales: Spano, Mattia, Di Matteo, Giacomo, Fernandez Retamozo, Carlos Alberto, Lasalvia, Alba, Ruggeri, Marco, Sandri, Giuseppina, Cordeiro, Carlos, Sousa Silva, Marta, Totaro Fila, Carlotta, Garzoli, Stefania, Crestoni, Maria Elisa, Mannina, Luisa
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10297444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37372542
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12122331
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author Spano, Mattia
Di Matteo, Giacomo
Fernandez Retamozo, Carlos Alberto
Lasalvia, Alba
Ruggeri, Marco
Sandri, Giuseppina
Cordeiro, Carlos
Sousa Silva, Marta
Totaro Fila, Carlotta
Garzoli, Stefania
Crestoni, Maria Elisa
Mannina, Luisa
author_facet Spano, Mattia
Di Matteo, Giacomo
Fernandez Retamozo, Carlos Alberto
Lasalvia, Alba
Ruggeri, Marco
Sandri, Giuseppina
Cordeiro, Carlos
Sousa Silva, Marta
Totaro Fila, Carlotta
Garzoli, Stefania
Crestoni, Maria Elisa
Mannina, Luisa
author_sort Spano, Mattia
collection PubMed
description Acheta domesticus (house cricket) has been recently introduced into the official European list of novel foods, representing an alternative and sustainable food source. Up to now, the chemical characterization of this edible insect has been focused only on specific classes of compounds. Here, three production batches of an A. domesticus powder were investigated by means of a multimethodological approach based on NMR, FT-ICR MS, and GC-MS methodologies. The applied analytical protocol, proposed for the first time in the study of an edible insect, allowed us to identify and quantify compounds not previously reported in crickets. In particular, methyl-branched hydrocarbons, previously identified in other insects, together with other compounds such as citrulline, formate, γ-terpinene, p-cymene, α-thujene, β-thujene, and 4-carene were detected. Amino acids, organic acids, and fatty acids were also identified and quantified. The improved knowledge of the chemical profile of this novel food opens new horizons both for the use of crickets as a food ingredient and for the use of extracts for the production of new formulations. In order to achieve this objective, studies regarding safety, biological activity, bioaccessibility, and bioavailability are needed as future perspectives in this field.
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spelling pubmed-102974442023-06-28 A Multimethodological Approach for the Chemical Characterization of Edible Insects: The Case Study of Acheta domesticus Spano, Mattia Di Matteo, Giacomo Fernandez Retamozo, Carlos Alberto Lasalvia, Alba Ruggeri, Marco Sandri, Giuseppina Cordeiro, Carlos Sousa Silva, Marta Totaro Fila, Carlotta Garzoli, Stefania Crestoni, Maria Elisa Mannina, Luisa Foods Article Acheta domesticus (house cricket) has been recently introduced into the official European list of novel foods, representing an alternative and sustainable food source. Up to now, the chemical characterization of this edible insect has been focused only on specific classes of compounds. Here, three production batches of an A. domesticus powder were investigated by means of a multimethodological approach based on NMR, FT-ICR MS, and GC-MS methodologies. The applied analytical protocol, proposed for the first time in the study of an edible insect, allowed us to identify and quantify compounds not previously reported in crickets. In particular, methyl-branched hydrocarbons, previously identified in other insects, together with other compounds such as citrulline, formate, γ-terpinene, p-cymene, α-thujene, β-thujene, and 4-carene were detected. Amino acids, organic acids, and fatty acids were also identified and quantified. The improved knowledge of the chemical profile of this novel food opens new horizons both for the use of crickets as a food ingredient and for the use of extracts for the production of new formulations. In order to achieve this objective, studies regarding safety, biological activity, bioaccessibility, and bioavailability are needed as future perspectives in this field. MDPI 2023-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10297444/ /pubmed/37372542 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12122331 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Spano, Mattia
Di Matteo, Giacomo
Fernandez Retamozo, Carlos Alberto
Lasalvia, Alba
Ruggeri, Marco
Sandri, Giuseppina
Cordeiro, Carlos
Sousa Silva, Marta
Totaro Fila, Carlotta
Garzoli, Stefania
Crestoni, Maria Elisa
Mannina, Luisa
A Multimethodological Approach for the Chemical Characterization of Edible Insects: The Case Study of Acheta domesticus
title A Multimethodological Approach for the Chemical Characterization of Edible Insects: The Case Study of Acheta domesticus
title_full A Multimethodological Approach for the Chemical Characterization of Edible Insects: The Case Study of Acheta domesticus
title_fullStr A Multimethodological Approach for the Chemical Characterization of Edible Insects: The Case Study of Acheta domesticus
title_full_unstemmed A Multimethodological Approach for the Chemical Characterization of Edible Insects: The Case Study of Acheta domesticus
title_short A Multimethodological Approach for the Chemical Characterization of Edible Insects: The Case Study of Acheta domesticus
title_sort multimethodological approach for the chemical characterization of edible insects: the case study of acheta domesticus
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10297444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37372542
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12122331
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