ANTIOXIDANT COMPOUNDS IN THE HOMOGENATE OF DRONE BROOD OF DIFFERENT AGES
Drone brood contains a whole range of biologically active components, including those with antioxidant properties. The research material was a homogenate of drone brood of different ages. Antioxidant activity was determined both by a direct amperometric method and by the mass fraction of flavonoid and other phenolic compounds, decenoic acids, vitamin A content, iodine number, and oxidizability indicator. In the homogenate, with increasing age of the brood, there is a decrease in the oxidizability index, accumulation of decenic acids, and a decrease in the mass fraction of flavonoid compounds and vitamin A.