Chimie médicale

Potential Medicinal and Nutritional Resources from the Sericultural Industry

Abstract

Yu-Xiao Zou, Sen-Tai Liao, Fan Liu, Wei-Zhi Shen, Jun Liu, Ying Shi and Li-Xia Mu

Sericulture is a traditional and well-known industry with a 5000-year history in China. ‘Byproducts of sericulture’ which do not directly generate economic benefits, are typically wasted: e.g., fruits, stems, surplus leaves from silkworm feeding, pupae and moths. However, the above resource is of great potential nutritional and medicinal value and deserves systematic and profound study.