FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (22): 64-69.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201322013

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Supercritical CO2 Extraction and Bioactivity of Polyphenols from Chinese Jujube Seeds

LIU Jie-chao,ZHANG Chun-ling,LIU Hui,ZHENG Xiao-wei,WANG Si-xin,JIAO Zhong-gao   

  1. Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450009, China
  • Received:2013-06-14 Revised:2013-10-25 Online:2013-11-25 Published:2013-12-05
  • Contact: JIAO Zhong-Gao E-mail:jchzz@sina.com

Abstract:

Polyphenols from Chinese jujube seeds were extracted by supercritical carbon dioxide extraction and their
DPPH radical scavenging activity and inhibitory activities against α-amylase, α-glucosidase and hyaluronidase were
evaluated. The optimal extraction conditions that provided maximum extraction efficiency were determined as 2.5 h,
35 MPa, 50 ℃ and 2 for time, pressure, temperature and extraction number, respectively. The extracted polyphenols
possessed strong DPPH radical scavenging activity and could effectively inhibit α-amylase, α-glucosidase and hyaluronidase
and the corresponding inhibition rates were 93.52%, 86.67%, 98.73% and 96.86% over the concentration
range tested with IC50 values of 6.16, 9.81, 7.29 mg/mL and 5.59 mg/mL (expressed as the weight of jujube seeds),
respectively. Correlation analysis suggested an extremely significant positive correlation between the content of
polyphenols and the activities to scavenge DPPH free radical and inhibit three enzymes in jujube seed extracts.
Interestingly, it was also found that the optimal conditions for high yield of polyphenols were not in accordance
with those obtained for high activity, suggesting that the extraction conditions pressure, temperature, duration
and number of repeats could not only affect the yield of polyphenols, but the biological activity as well.

Key words: jujube seed;polyphenol;supercritical CO2 extraction;DPPH radical;&alpha, -amylase;&alpha, -glucosidase;hyaluronidase

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