Method for preparing an adsorbed drone brood and the composition thereof

Abstract

The invention relates to the pharmaceutical and food industries, to medicine, and in particular, to biologically active food supplements, and describes the process of obtaining an adsorbed drone brood, and the composition thereof that ensures the preservation and stabilization of all biological properties of the drone brood over a long period (up to three years), which makes it possible to organize the mass production of drone brood-based products.

Claims

1. A method of preparing absorbed drone brood, the method comprising the steps of: providing drone brood; homogenizing the drone brood to obtain drone brood homogenate; providing adsorbent; mixing the drone brood homogenate with the adsorbent; adsorbing the homogenate in the mixture; subjecting the adsorbed homogenate to vacuum drying; said homogenizing being performed by extracting drone larvae from honeycombs by pressing drone larvae honeycombs; said adsorbent comprising lactose, or glucose, or fructose, or a combination thereof; said mixing being performed with one weight part of the homogenate and 3-30 weight parts of the adsorbent; said adsorbing taking place no later than 55 minutes after said extracting and being performed by thorough grinding the homogenate and the adsorbent; said vacuum drying being performed under pressure no less than 1 mm Hg, lasting until the adsorbed drone brood achieves humidity up to 1.5% and being performed with no warming applied.

Description

(1) The process of adsorbing is the following:

(2) The adsorbing of the drone brood is realized via thorough grinding manually or mechanically in non-metallic (porcelain) mortar of the one part of fresh prepared homogenate with 3-30 parts of adsorbent (by the weight).

(3) Grinding should be provided in the short interval of time and no latter than 55 minutes from the moment of retrieval from the honeycombs. The term no more than 55 minutes does not permit to spoil the brood. After 55 minutes decay of the drone brood begins. In order to keep the brood from surplus influence of the rays of light, oxygen, air and temperature of surrounding medium, it is worth to hold the lesser range. The semiproduct obtained is crushed. Afterwards it is placed for drying in a vacuum-chamber. The drying is realized in the vacuum without application of temperature (without warming). The duration of drying is dependent on mass loaded: the greater is the mass, the longer is the drying. During the period of drying it is necessary to constantly check readout of vacuum-meter that should not be lower than 1 mm of mercury column.

(4) The product obtained is retrieved from the vacuum-chamber with humidity up to 1.5%, and it is placed in tightly closed vessels, impervious to the light (for example, glass jar of orange color or other kinds of package according to the current Normative and Technical Documentation, providing safety and quality of the product and permitted to application by organs of State Sanitary Epidemic Control of the Russian Federation).

(5) The product obtained may be stored about three years. In the pharmaceutical industry lactose serves as the adsorbent since it does not sinter by pelletization. For the food industry, in private for drinks preparation, glucose or fructose serve, since the lactose does not dissolved in the water.

(6) It is admitted also any mixture of the given products for other industries.

(7) The range of 3-30 parts of adsorbent is explained in the following way:

(8) Less than 3 partsdoes not provided preserving effect of the adsorbent.

(9) More than 30 partsit is lost biological value of the product prepared and there are appeared complications with its further use as the substance, e.g., in the pharmaceutical industryfor provision of the pharmacologic activity it will be necessary to put greater mass of the product that will lead to the greater size of a tablet and complication with its usage by man.