FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (17 ): 98-101.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-200917022

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Comparative Study of Antioxidant Activity of Different Solvent Extracts of Ganoderma lucidum

ZHU Shang-bin1,NIE Shao-ping1,ZHU Pan1,LI Wen-juan1,YAN Yan1,LI Chang1,CHEN Jie2,XIE Ming-yong1,*   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
  • Received:2009-06-25 Online:2009-09-01 Published:2014-04-14
  • Contact: XIE Ming-yong E-mail:myxie@ncu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Dried Ganoderma lucidum was sequentially extracted with petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol and water and the methanol extract was fractionated into ethyl acetate- and n-butyl alcohol-soluble fractions. The antioxidant abilities of the extracts from Ganoderma lucidum obtained were evaluated by DPPH radical scavenging, Folin-Ciocalteu and FRAP assays. All the extracts exhibited strong antioxidant abilities in a dose-dependent manner. These extracts from Ganoderma lucidum had a synergistic effect in the DPPH scavenging assay. The ethyl acetate-soluble fraction had the strongest antioxidant activity, followed by the water extract.

Key words: Ganoderma lucidum, antioxidant activity, synergistic effect

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