Research Article
Millipedes as Food for Humans: Their Nutritional and Possible Antimalarial Value—A First Report
Table 4
Summary of the current knowledge about utilization of millipedes by mammals as anointing and/or food item.
| Mammals | Millipedes | Chemicals | Use | Reference |
| Marsupialia | | | | | Opossum (Didelphis albiventris) | Leptodesmus dentellus (Chelodesmidae) Gymnostreptus olivaceus (Spirostreptidae) | Benzoquinones and Cyanogenics | Consumption and sniffing | [47] |
| Carnivora | | | | | White-nosed coatis (Nasua narica) | Orthoporus sp. (Spirostreptidae) | Benzoquinones | Consumption after prey-rolling treatment | [13] | Meerkat-mangoose (Suricata suricatta) | ? | ? | Consumption after treatment | [49, 51] | Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) | ? | ? | Consumption | [52] |
| Primates | | | | | Capuchin monkeys (Cebus sp.) | Orthoporus dorsovittatus (Spirostreptidae) | Benzoquinones | Self-anointing | [19] | Capuchin monkeys (C. olivaceus) | Orthoporus dorsovittatus (Spirostreptidae) | Benzoquinones | Self-anointing | [18] | Owl monkeys (Aotus sp.) | Anadenobolus monilicornis (Rhinocricidae) | Benzoquinones | Self-anointing | [55] | Black lemurs (Elemur macaco) | Charactopygus sp. (Spirostreptidae) | Benzoquinones ? | Self-anointing | [17] | Lemurs (Varecia rubra and Eulemur fulvus albifrons) | ? | ? | Self-anointing and consumption after handling and salivating | [50, 53, 72] | Humans, Bobo population | Tymbodesmus falcatus and Sphenodesmus sheribongensis (Gomphodesmidae) unknown Spirostreptidae | Benzoquinones and Cyanogenics | Consumption after boiling and drying | This study |
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