## 3 Results
### Compositions of Organic and Mineral Constituents of O. monoceros and R. phoenicis
phoenicis_ lipids are shown in Table 4. The lipids of the species studied contained saturated fatty acids like lauric acid (0.64 \(\pm\) 0.00 vs. 0.58 \(\pm\) 0.01%), myristic acid (0.96 \(\pm\) 0.00% for _R. phoenicis_), palmitic acid (39.95 \(\pm\) 0.07 vs. 30.35 \(\pm\) 0.03%), and stearic acid (10.21 \(\pm\) 0.06 vs. 9.16 \(\pm\) 0.09%). The monounsaturated fatty acid present in these species was oleic acid (40.84 \(\pm\) 0.11 vs. 47.06 \(\pm\) 0.08%). The polyunsaturated fatty acids contained in the lipids were linoleic acid (4.49 \(\pm\) 0.00 vs. 5.07 \(\pm\) 0.02%) and \(\alpha\)-lin \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c} \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Minerals**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Average Mineral Content (\(\pm\)SD) ***} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Recommended Dietary**} \\ \cline{2-2} \cline{4-4}  & _O. monoceros_ & & _R. phoenicis_ & **Intake (RDI) [30]** \\ \hline Calcium & 53.54 \(\pm\)1.53 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 66.51 \(\pm\) 0.10 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 700–1300 \\ Magnesium & 25.38 \(\pm\) 0.55 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 40.73 \(\pm\) 0.38 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 80–420 \\ Phosphorus & 47.82 \(\pm\)1.31 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 73.90 \(\pm\) 2.51 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 500–1250 \\ Potassium & 108.38 \(\pm\)1.03 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 644.12 \(\pm\) 0.98 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 3000–4700 \\ Sodium & 77.64 \(\pm\)1.69 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 113.57 \(\pm\) 1.63 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 1500–2300 \\ Iron & 8.08 \(\pm\) 0.88 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 11.51 \(\pm\) 0.06 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 7–18 \\ Manganese & 0.96 \(\pm\) 0.34 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 1.26 \(\pm\) 0.03 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 1.2–2.3 \\ Copper & 9.96 \(\pm\) 0.72 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 1.33 \(\pm\) 0.01 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 0.34–09 \\ Zinc & 0.85 \(\pm\) 0.02 \({}^{\mathrm{a}}\) & 15.65 \(\pm\) 0.04 \({}^{\mathrm{b}}\) & 3–11 \\ \hline Sodium/Potassium & 0.71 & 0.17 & \textless{}1 \\ \hline Calcium/Phosphorus & 1.12 & 0.90 & 1–1.3 \\ \hline Calcium/Magnesium & 2.1 & 1.63 & 2 \\ \hline \end{tabular}  
* Means followed by different letters in the same line are significantly different (ANOVA-1 comparison tests, \(p\) \textless{}0.05).  
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Table 2: Mineral composition (mg/100g) of _O. monoceros_ and _R. phoenicis_. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c} \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Degree of Fatty Acid Saturation**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Percentage of Fatty Acids (\(\pm\)SD)**} \\ \cline{2-3}  & _O. monoceros_ & _R. phoenicis_ \\ \hline Total saturated fatty acids & 50.35 \(\pm\) 0.01 & 41.05 \(\pm\) 0.03 \\ Total monounsaturated fatty acids & 40.84 \(\pm\) 0.00 & 47.06 \(\pm\) 0.03 \\ Total polyunsaturated fatty acids & 6.67 \(\pm\) 0.01 & 11.42 \(\pm\) 0.03 \\ Total unsaturated fatty acids & 47.51 \(\pm\) 0.01 & 58.48 \(\pm\) 0.06 \\ Omega-6/Omega-3 & 2.06 & 0.80 \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 3: Fatty acid content of lipids (% of all fatty acids) of _O. monoceros_ and _R. phoenicis_. The two insect species studied had variable vitamin contents per 100 g dry weight (Table 5) as follows: retinol (0.04 \(\pm\) 0.00 vs. 0.01 \(\pm\) 0.00 mg), thiamine (1.35 \(\pm\) 0.20 vs. 0.96 \(\pm\) 0.11 mg), riboflavin (2.25 \(\pm\) 0.19 vs. 2.33 \(\pm\) 0.33 mg), niacin (8.18 \(\pm\) 0.23 vs. 7.44 \(\pm\) 0.3 mg), and tocopherol (3.43 \(\pm\) 0.04 vs. 4.77 \(\pm\) 0.01 mg).