It is said that chameleons can't convert beta carotene into prEformed vitamin A...but what about other carotenes?
It's said that insects don't contain much vitamin A.
In this site it's found that eggs contain "a- and ß-carotene, cryptoxanthin, lutein/zeaxanthin, and lycopene"..
https://library.wcs.org/doi/ctl/view/mid/33065/pubid/PUB11337.aspx
Carotenoids of hemipteran insects, from the perspective of chemo-systematic and chemical ecological studies....
https://seiken-site.or.jp/files/libs/618/202103221414373729.pdf
"our findings suggest that rearing black soldier fly larvae on by-products or waste rich in provitamin A carotenoids could be a sustainable strategy to recycle a fraction of vitamin A back into the food chain and could represent a new approach to fight against vitamin A deficiency"...
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03206155/
It's said that insects don't contain much vitamin A.
In this site it's found that eggs contain "a- and ß-carotene, cryptoxanthin, lutein/zeaxanthin, and lycopene"..
https://library.wcs.org/doi/ctl/view/mid/33065/pubid/PUB11337.aspx
Carotenoids of hemipteran insects, from the perspective of chemo-systematic and chemical ecological studies....
https://seiken-site.or.jp/files/libs/618/202103221414373729.pdf
"our findings suggest that rearing black soldier fly larvae on by-products or waste rich in provitamin A carotenoids could be a sustainable strategy to recycle a fraction of vitamin A back into the food chain and could represent a new approach to fight against vitamin A deficiency"...
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03206155/
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