FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (4): 137-141.

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Extraction of Quercetin from Onion

 LI  Bing, WU  Jian-Wen, LI  Lin, CHEN  Ling, LI  Xiao-Xi   

  1. College of Food and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology
  • Online:2005-04-15 Published:2011-09-19

Abstract: Quercetin as a natural food antioxidant was extracted from onion. By the orthogonal experiment, the optimal extraction condition was determined by NaOH solution concentration 0.03mol/L, extraction temperature 60℃, ratio of onion to solvent 1:2, extraction time 120min and the end point of acid sedimentation pH 2. The antioxidant activity was examined by the experiment of inhibiting oxidation of linoleic acid. It showed that quercetin extracted from onion exhibited good antioxidant ability.

Key words: onion, quercetin, antioxidant ability