PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON DEVELOPMENT OF LARVAE GALLERIA MELLONELLA CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGY AND ON EXTRACTION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPONENTS FROM THEMстатья
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Аннотация:A functional food acts as an alternative of medicamentous therapy. Functional
food products are foodstuffs with added useful and effective ingredients. Galleria
Mellonella extract can be one of such ingredients as its larvae possesses unique ability
to destroy some chemically resistant compounds as wax and chitin by means of
digestive enzymes.
This research studies cultivation of Galleria Mellonella larvae on various nutrient
mixtures. Addition of herbs makes larvae to product a specific fermental compound
which has individual properties and has a subtle effect on a human organism. Changes of biochemical indicators of blood, namely decrease in concentration of
glucocorticoids and thiobarbituric acid testify the reduction of level of stress hormones,
that confirms the efficiency of contactless activation in receiving stronger stressprotection
effect.
Today this research continues and aims to improve the cultivation method of
Galleria Mellonella larvaes on various nurtures.