Fig. 1

SDS-PAGE of protein extracts from T. molitor and U. dermestoides adult insects. A 15% of Tris Tricine SDS-PAGE gel is presented. There was no significant difference among the buffers tested in terms of protein band detection. Elecrophoresis shows better resolution of the bands for U. dermestoides extract in comparison with T. molitor’s. Protein extracts show that the number of peptides present in the direct extraction is practically absent. MW: Protein Molecular Weight Marker in KDa