Table 4 The effects of dietary sodium selenite on selenium metabolism of black soldier fly.

From: Sodium selenite enhanced the selenium content in black soldier fly

Items

Insect body (mg/kg)

Larval moult (mg/kg)

Control

0.05 ± 0.03e

0.02 ± 0.00e

Se10

4.75 ± 0.45d

2.01 ± 0.19d

Se20

10.11 ± 1.18c

4.13 ± 0.22c

Se30

18.43 ± 0.65b

7.10 ± 0.18b

Se40

32.13 ± 2.52a

10.99 ± 0.67a

Linear

0.0001

0.0001

Quadratic

0.0001

0.0001