Table 4 The functional substances of reducing blood pressure in edible insects

Angiotensin converting enzyme

Bombyx mori, Tenebrio molitor, Spodoptera littoralis, Oecophylla smaragdina

Dai 2012; Cito et al. 2017

α-linolenic acid

Eligma narcissus Gramer, Clanis bilineata tsingtauica Mell, Tenebrio molitor, Zophobas atratus, Metabolus tumidifrons Fairm, Dastarcus longulus Sharp, Lycorma delictula White, Erthesina fullo Thunberg, Periplaneta americana, Lucilia sericata

Kong & Xiong 2006; Li 2006; Vercruysse et al. 2009

Chitin/chitosan

Tenebrio molitor, Heliothis zea, Hypera postica, Drosophila melanogaster, Atta cephalotes isthmicola, Dendrolimus houi Lajonquiere, Dendrolimus punctata tehchangensis Tsai et Liu, Dendrolimus punctata wenshanensis Tsai et Liu

Merzendorfer, 2006; Merzendorfer & Zimoch 2003; Hahn et al. 2020; Lucas et al. 2021

Others

Oxya chinensis

Hadi & Brightwell 2021; Hermans et al. 2021