Partial biochemical components analysis of Ericerus pela (Chavannes).

The white scale Ericerus pela (Chavannes) is an insect species with the high economic value in China, belonging to the family Coccidae. The results of partial biochemical component analysis of this insect were reported. In the female adult, there were nitrogen 6.334%, protein 39.59%, fat 6.2556%. In the sample extracted from the insect by ethanol, there were nitrogen 0.260%, protein 0.656%, reductic sugar 3.300%, saccharride 7.000%. There were seventeen kinds of amino acids, and three kinds of amino acids have higher contents, i.e., His 464. 3740mug/g, Glu 201.6187mug/g, and Ala 90.3352mug/g. Contents of Ca, Fe, Mg, Al, Ba, Co, Mn, P, Sr, Zn are also determined.