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Purification and Antioxidant Activity of an Anthocyanin from Lycium ruthenicum Murray

TANG Jilong1, YAN Yamei1,2,*, CAO Youlong2,*, ZENG Xiaoxiong1, SUN Yi1, HU Bing1, ZHOU Li1   

  1. 1. College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
    2. National Wolfberry Engineering Research Center, Yinchuan 750004, China
  • Online:2016-08-15 Published:2016-08-30

Abstract:

An anthocyanin compound with over 97% purity was purified from fruits of Lycium ruthenicum Murray with an
ÄKTA protein purification system (equipped with a YMC-PACK ODS-A column with methanol: acetonitrile: formic acid
in water (4:19:1, V/V) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 2 mL/min). The purified anthocyanin was identified as petunidin
3-O-[rhamnopyranosyl-(trans-p-coumaroyl)]-5-O-[β-D-glucopyranoside] by mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic
resonance spectrometry. Furthermore, the anthocyanin showed potent scavenging activities on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl
(DPPH) and superoxide anion free radicals in antioxidant assays in vitro.

Key words: Lycium ruthenicum Murray, anthocyanin, purification, structural identification, antioxidant activity

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