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Diastaznaja activity. One of indicators naturalnosti honey is it diastaznaja activity. It can be very low at separate kinds of natural honey: beloakatsievogo, kiprejnogo, klevernogo, lime, podsolnechnikovogo. At honey heating from above 50°С and long storage (more than a year) diastaza partially or completely inaktiviruetsja. Honey falsification also conducts to easing of activity of enzyme.

Activity Definition diastazy is based on ability of this enzyme to split starch on amilodekstriny. The given indicator is expressed diastaznym by number (a unit to Gotha) which designates quantity of milliliters of an one-percentage solution of the starch split diastazoj (amilazoj), containing in 1 g honey (in recalculation on a solid), within an hour at temperature 40°С to the substances which are not painted by iodine in dark blue colour.

As the size diastaznogo numbers for natural honey in various zones of the country fluctuates, it is established on a place by veterinary department of regional (regional) management of agriculture, autonomous republic MSH or Central administrative board (management) of veterinary science of the Ministry of Agriculture of the republic which do not have regional division, but in all zones it should be not less than 5 units to Gotha.