Li Wenli, Zhang Zhengyao, Lin Lan, Terenius Olle
School of Life Science and Medicine, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
Department of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
J Econ Entomol. 2017 Aug 1;110(4):1404-1411. doi: 10.1093/jee/tox140.
Sericulture was developed in China in ancient times. Antheraea pernyi Guérin-Méneville was domesticated at least 2,000 yr ago, and Chinese farmers developed artificial rearing of A. pernyi before the 17th century. Today, >60,000 tons of cocoons are produced in China each year, which accounts for 90% of the world production. Despite the widespread utilization of A. pernyi in China and a long history of domestic research, the knowledge of A. pernyi outside China is limited. Therefore, we have in this paper summarized the production, usage, and breeding of A. pernyi. The foremost usage of A. pernyi is as silk producers; however, about 55-70% is used for other purposes. In this paper, we give examples of how the different developmental stages are used as a food source for human consumption and in traditional Chinese medicine, both directly in different preparations and also as a nutrient source for rearing medicinal fungi.
养蚕业在中国古代就已发展起来。樗蚕至少在2000年前就已被驯化，中国农民在17世纪之前就已开展了樗蚕的人工饲养。如今，中国每年生产超过6万吨蚕茧，占世界产量的90%。尽管樗蚕在中国得到广泛利用且国内有悠久的研究历史，但国外对樗蚕的了解有限。因此，我们在本文中总结了樗蚕的生产、用途及养殖情况。樗蚕最主要的用途是作为丝绸生产者；然而，约55% - 70%被用于其他目的。在本文中，我们举例说明了樗蚕不同发育阶段如何作为人类食用的食物来源以及在传统中药中的应用，既直接用于不同制剂，也作为培育药用真菌的营养来源。
