Millipedes as Food for Humans: Their Nutritional and Possible Antimalarial Value—A First Report

The first record of millipedes (Diplopoda) being regularly used for food by humans (the Bobo people of Burkina Faso) is given, including information on how the millipedes are prepared. The species in question are Tymbodesmus falcatus (Karsch, 1881) and Sphenodesmus sheribongensis (Schiøtz, 1966) (Go...

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Main Authors: Enghoff, Henrik, Manno, Nicola, Tchibozo, Sévérin, List, Manuela, Schwarzinger, Bettina, Schoefberger, Wolfgang, Schwarzinger, Clemens, Paoletti, Maurizio G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945075/