• 한국가금학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.197-202
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• 2000

Chemical characteristics of the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, were investigated in total composition, amino acid composition, fatty acid composition and mineral components. After the treatment of 0.4% of G. bimaculatus in the chicken feed, the changes of fatty acid composition in the chicken meat and egg were also estimated. As the result, saturated fatty acid, especially palmitic acid, decreased 4% and unsaturated fatty acids, linoleic aced and arachidonic acid, increased 12 and 23%, respectively, compared with those of control. In addition, there was a small increase in Eicosapentaenoic acid(EPA). The sensory test of the chicken meat resulted in increased flavor, brightness and yellow color. The sensory scores of G. bimaculatus egg in the point of taste resulted in somewhat better estimate than control. These results are appear to be stemmed from fatty acids of cricket.

• 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국독성학회 2003년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.121-121
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• 2003

Cricket (Gryllus bimacutus) is mass-bred in 6 cycles per one year in insect farms. They are used as dry or live foods for animals, tropical fish, reptile and amphibians. Therefore, it is necessary to study the genotoxicity of whole bodies of G. bimaculatus.(omitted)

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.258-268
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• 2004

This study was carried out to investigate preventive effects of extracts of cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, against the 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin(TCDD)-induced toxicity in 7-week-old Sprague-Dawley male rats. Thirty five male rats were divided into 5 groups: one normal control group treated with vehicle and saline (G1); one TCDD-treated group by single intraperitoneal injection (G2); three preventive groups (G3, G4, and G5). The last three groups, G3, G4, and G5, were fed on cricket extracts (50, 100, and 200 mg/kg, respectively) for 2 weeks before TCDD treatment. Various harmful effects were shown by TCDD treatment. The body weights of rats were lost by TCDD. In addition, severe hypertrophy and color change, and the weights gaining were found in the livers of TCDD-treated rats. It was observed that the cytoplasmic vacuolizations and inflammatory cell infiltration around portal triad in the liver. TCDD also elevated the serum activity levels of alanine transaminase(ALT) and aspartate transaminase(AST). However, those losses were compensated by cricket extracts treatment at the level of 200 mg/kg. These findings indicate that cricket extracts may have protective effects against TCDD-induced toxicities in rats.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.243-245
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• 2002

Pigment-dispersing factor (PDF) is an octadecapeptide distributed in the optic lobe and the brain in a variety of insect species. There are lines of evidence suggesting possible involvement of PDF in the insect circadian system. However, its physiological roles in the circadian time keeping mechanism have not been clearly defined. In this study, we have examined the phase shifting effects of Gryllus-PDF on the circadian locomotor rhythm in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus of which circadian clock is located in the optic lobe. Phase shifts in the circadian activity rhythm were measured following microinjection of 22nl of vehicle (Ringer's solution) or O.lmM PDF into the optic lobe through the compound eye at various circadian times. The results showed that PDF induced phase shifts of the circadian clock in a phase-dependent manner, suggesting that it may play a role as an input signal for the circadian clock.

• 한국조리학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.163-174
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• 2017

This study aimed to make stock for purpose of reducing visual image, and the stock was used with two-spotted cricket as general food material of edible insects. According to the results, color value was darkest and brownest with increased boiling time, salinity and $^{\circ}Brix$ increased significantly (p<0.001). With increased boiling time, pH and moisture content was the lowest. In the total content of free amino acids was highest in 45 min with boiling time. The quantitative descriptive analysis of two-spotted cricket stock was evaluated, which was the strongest with increased boiling time, and acceptance test was best results in TCS45. Therefore, it was possible to produce stock with excellent sensuality which was used by high-pressure method for 45 in making a two-spotted cricket stock. It was judged that making insects food can reduce visual aversion as stock. So, the possibility of food ingredient was identified so that two-spotted cricket led to the increase of domestic interests.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.115-125
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• 2022

In this study, we investigated the developmental characteristics and genetic diversity of seven populations of two-spotted crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer, 1773 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)) raised in South Korea. Regarding the developmental characteristics of the species, we observed no statistically significant difference in the weight of the nymphs in the six populations we tested. After molting, although weight differences were observed between the populations in each stage of the developmental period, the average weight for each developmental stage was constant. We also analyzed mitochondrial COI gene sequences (DNA barcoding region) of the reared crickets collected from five insect farms and two national insect rearing facilities and the resultant sequences were analyzed together with the 12 sequences from foreign countries specimens obtained from public data. We detected six haplotypes from 111 specimens, indicating a low intraspecific genetic distance (~1.8%). The most dominant haplotype was overwhelmingly haplotype 1, which was found in all South Korean specimens and four specimens from China, Indonesia, and Germany. These findings indicate that the low genetic diversity of South Korean specimens can be explained by the fact that the G. bimaculatus population imported for feed from Japan in the early 2000s became a maternal group that spread throughout cricket farms in South Korea. In order to breed healthy cricket strains, it is necessary to increase genetic diversity by importing them from other countries through appropriate quarantine procedures.

• 한국잠사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국잠사학회 2003년도 제46회 춘계 학술연구 발표회
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• pp.80-80
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• 2003

The isolation and purification of ferritin from the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus haemolymph were accomplished by anion exchange column chromatography using HiTrap Q column (1.6 $\times$ 4 cm, Amersham Phamacia Co.), 7$0^{\circ}C$ heat and acid treatment, and gel filtration column chromatography using G4000SW column (0.75 $\times$ 60cm, TOSOH Co.) by FPLC system. (omitted)

• 생태와환경
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2013

본 연구는 외래종 쌍별귀뚜라미 (Gryllus bimaculatus, GB)의 도입에 따른 토착종 왕귀뚜라미 (Teleogryllus emma, TE)의 개체군 크기 감소 위협이 예상됨에 따라, 왕귀뚜라미 (TE)와 쌍별귀뚜라미 (GB)의 체장과 개체수 비율에 따른 생존 경쟁을 조사한 실험이다. 실험에 사용된 쌍별귀뚜라미 (GB)와 왕귀뚜라미 (TE) 공시충은 경북대학교 농업생명과학대학 곤충생태학연구실 내의 온실에서 대량 사육한 개체들을 사용하였다. 사육온도는 $28^{\circ}C{\sim}30^{\circ}C$이며, 장일 조건 (16L : 8D), 상대습도는 50%~60%로 유지하였다. 매일 두 종의 개체수를 계측하여 개체수 변화를 조사하였다. 본 실험에서는 더듬이를 제외한 체장 0.5 cm, 1 cm의 왕귀뚜라미 (TE)와 쌍별귀뚜라미 (GB)를 이용하여 왕귀뚜라미 (TE) : 쌍별귀뚜라미 (GB)의 개체수 비율을 1 : 2, 1 : 1, 2 : 1로 나눈 총 3가지의 조건으로 실험하였다. 그 결과, 개체가 작을 때에는 쌍별귀뚜라미 (GB)의 세력이 약하고, 시간이 지날수록 쌍별귀뚜라미(GB)의 세력이 왕귀뚜라미(TE)보다 강해지는 것을 알 수 있었다. 최종 생존종은 대부분 쌍별귀뚜라미 (GB)였으며, 쌍별귀뚜라미 (GB)의 노화가 예상됨에도 불구하고 생존력이 강한 경향을 보였다. 쌍별귀뚜라미 (GB)의 생존율은 큰 차이를 보이지 않았던 반면, 왕귀뚜라미 (TE)의 생존율이 큰 폭으로 감소하는 현상이 나타났다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.59-62
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• 2016

Many insects have gained increasing attention as an alternative protein for humans. Among those, the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae), was recently approved as a general food ingredient by the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. For industrial utilization of G. bimaculatus, mass rearing techniques and production system should be standardized first. In this study, we investigated the effects of five different feeds on the growth and development of G. bimaculatus. Feed is the one of the key factors that has considerable effects on rearing insects. With five different kinds of feed on $1^{st}$, $3^{rd}$, and $5^{th}$ instar nymphs, the change of survival rate, body weight were monitored up to eight wk after hatching. We concluded that 50% of soybean flour, 20% of corn powder, 10% of rice bran, 9% of milk serum, 10% of rice flour, 0.5% of microorganisms, and 0.5% of multivitamins and minerals (diet C) was the best mix for promoting growth and development of $3^{rd}$ instar nymphs compared to the control diet.

• 생약학회지
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• 제35권2호통권137호
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• pp.175-178
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• 2004

The cricket has been used in East Asia as crude drugs for treating fever and hypertension, and is presently reared as a pharmaceutical insect in China and a food for animals. For the purpose of evaluating protective extracts against alcohol-induced toxicity, the extracts of the cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) were examined in animal models acutely administered alcohol by the cricket in ICR-mice. Water and methanol extracts from the cricket, were found to cause a significant decrease (37%) in the blood ethanol concentration as well as enhancement of liver mitochondrial alcohol dehydogenase (ADH) and acetaldehyde dehydogenase (ALDH) activitieson on a single intraperitoneal administration in mice. Futhermore methanol extract was demonstrated to exhibit more potent enhancing activity on ethanol metabolism than water extract. These results suggest that water/alcohol extract of G. bimaculatus may be used as a food for reducing the toxicity of alcohol.