Peer-reviewedCC BYFrontiers in nutrition16 Oct 2026

Beyond the role of the reproductive caste of chicatana ants (Atta mexicana) as an alternative protein source: nutritional, food safety, and bioactivity analysis

Vicente A. Mirón-Mérida¹
Ivan Luzardo-Ocampo¹
Mariana Martínez-Avila¹
Víctor H. Urrutia-Baca¹
Arlette Santacruz¹
Eduardo Enrique Gallareta-Flores¹
Marilena Antunes-Ricardo¹
Cristina Chuck-Hernandez¹
Esther Pérez-Carrillo¹

¹Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences , ,

Plant Proteins and Bioactive Peptides: Distinguishing Nutritional Quality from Sequence-Dependent Bioactivity.
Tatevik Sargsyan, Heghine Hakobyan, Hasmik Grigoryan +9
Biotech (Basel (Switzerland))7 Oct 2026Peer-reviewedCC BYFull textMolecular biology & gene regulationEurope PMC
Alternative Medicine and Nutritional Therapy in Adult Inflammatory Bowel Disease in India: A Move Towards Holistic Practice
Prerana Ghosh, Karan Varshney
Cureus16 Oct 2026Peer-reviewedCC BYFull textGeneral medicineEurope PMC
Comparison of Models Fitting Alternative Contemporary Group Definition and Data Editing Procedures in the Genetic Evaluations of Reproductive Performance and Cow Longevity Traits in Nellore Cattle
Andreia Kaspary Zwirtes, Daniele Alves de Oliveira, Saymon Silva Rocha +7
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI1 Oct 2026Peer-reviewedCC BYFull textEurope PMC
Characterization of pork bones by means of shelf-life property, nutritional composition, and their gelatin's bioactivity.
Van Ba Hoa, Won-Seo Park, Jun-Sang Ham +1
Journal of animal science and technology30 Sep 2026Peer-reviewedCC BY-NCFull textZoology & animal behaviourEurope PMC
Nutritional potential of invasive Rugulopteryx okamurae, of Gelidium corneum industrial by-product, and of five native Atlantic macroalgae as feedstocks for alternative protein production
Kaifeng Zhao, Carla Cameselle, Celia Costas +6
Frontiers in nutrition16 Oct 2026Peer-reviewedCC BYFull textEurope PMC

Cite

BibTeX

@article{mironmerida2026beyond,
  title = {{Beyond the role of the reproductive caste of chicatana ants (Atta mexicana) as an alternative protein source: nutritional, food safety, and bioactivity analysis}},
  author = {Vicente A. Mirón-Mérida and Ivan Luzardo-Ocampo and Mariana Martínez-Avila and Víctor H. Urrutia-Baca and Arlette Santacruz and Eduardo Enrique Gallareta-Flores and Marilena Antunes-Ricardo and Cristina Chuck-Hernandez and Esther Pérez-Carrillo},
  journal = {Frontiers in nutrition},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13661416},
  note = {CC BY},
}

RIS

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Beyond the role of the reproductive caste of chicatana ants (Atta mexicana) as an alternative protein source: nutritional, food safety, and bioactivity analysis
AU  - Vicente A. Mirón-Mérida
AU  - Ivan Luzardo-Ocampo
AU  - Mariana Martínez-Avila
AU  - Víctor H. Urrutia-Baca
AU  - Arlette Santacruz
AU  - Eduardo Enrique Gallareta-Flores
AU  - Marilena Antunes-Ricardo
AU  - Cristina Chuck-Hernandez
AU  - Esther Pérez-Carrillo
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/16
JO  - Frontiers in nutrition
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13661416
SN  - 2296-861X
ER  -

Related

Cite