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Physicochemical determination and effect of storage temperature on diastase level in Apis mellifera honey produced from North Maharashtra region, India
Authors
Arun Baburao Sawarkar
Abstract
The present study intends to determine the physicochemical properties
and the effect of different storage temperatures on the diastase activity of Apis
mellifera honey from five different sites of North Maharashtra Region,
India. The analysed honey samples from all sites revealed that floral origin, foraging
preference and nature of bee species significantly affects the physicochemical
properties such as moisture content, pH, acidity, ash content, fructose,
glucose and diastase number. For the assessment of diastase activity, samples
were stored at six different temperatures (150C, 250C, 350C,
450C, 550C and 650C) for 60 minutes duration. It
was noticed that, the diastase activity at room temperature (21.38±0.82 N), reduced
with decrease in temperature (150C) in an average of 11.33% in the
honey samples. However, the reduction of diastase activity with increased the
temperatures (650C) in an average of 27.68% in honey samples. Therefore,
it was conclude that the heating treatment at higher temperature cause
diminution in diastase activity which may affect the quality and reduces the
life of honey.
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Pages:48-52
How to cite this article:
Arun Baburao Sawarkar "Physicochemical determination and effect of storage temperature on diastase level in <i>Apis mellifera</i> honey produced from North Maharashtra region, India". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 8, Issue 10, 2023, Pages 48-52
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