METHOD FOR PRESERVING FOOD GRAINS Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to technology in preserving food grains using organic preserving agents. Method involves dilution of propionic acid with anolyte and applying the solution on grains. Before dilution the preparation obtained by sequential extraction of biomass of micromycetes Mortierella spinosa var. sterilis with a nonpolar extractant in supercritical state, water, alkali, water, acid, water, alkali and water is added to propionic acid followed by combination of the first extract with solid extract. Invention provides enhancing safety in food grains storage. EFFECT: improved preserving method. 2 ex