FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (3): 225-228.

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Study on Separating and Antioxidative Activity of Polysaccharides Extrated from Portulaca oleracea L.

 DUAN  Yu-Feng, HAN  Guo-Ping   

  1. Department of Food Engineering, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Shaanxi Normal University
  • Online:2005-03-15 Published:2011-09-19

Abstract: In this paper, the polysaccharides(POL) from Portulaca oleracea L. is separated into three fractions(POLⅠ,POL Ⅱand PoLⅢ) by DEAE-cellulose chromatography. They are purified by sephadex G-200 gel chromatography into POLⅠb, POL Ⅱa and PoLⅢ′. Purity identification by cellulose acetate electrophoresis and sephadex G-200 gel chromatography implies that they are homogeneous components. Typical absorption of nucleic acid or protein can not be observed in UV spectrum. Molecular weight of the polysaccharide which is determined by gel filtration are 18kD, 56kD and 410kD respectively. By means of GC, POL Ⅰb is composed of glucose and galactose, POLⅡa is composed of arabinose, xylose, fructose, mannitose, galactose and glucose and the main compositions of PoLⅢ′ are glucose and galactose. The infrared ray spectrum of the polysaccharides indicates α- glucosidal bond in POLⅠb and POLⅡa, β-glucosidal bond in PoLⅢ′. The experiment results of antioxidative activities shows POLⅠb can abolish OH and O2, the activities and amount are relative; PoLⅢ′is effective in abolishing ·OH, but it can not inhibit O2·.

Key words: polysaccharides from Portulaca oleracea L., separation, composition, antioxidative activity