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Chinese Journal of Tropical Crops ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (10): 2132-2138.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-2561.2022.10.020

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Ultra-high Pressure Assisted Extraction and Antioxidant Activity of Polysaccharide from Moringa oleifera Seeds

WANG Biaoshi1,2(), HUANG Haoyang1, TAN Wenhui1, LIU Shumin1,2, ZHANG Shiqi1,2, HAN Zhiping1,2, PENG Yuanhuai1,2   

  1. 1. School of Food Science and Engineering, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524048, China
    2. Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center of Development and Utilization of Moringa oleifera, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524048, China
  • Received:2022-02-15 Revised:2022-03-12 Online:2022-10-25 Published:2022-11-04

Abstract:

Ultra-high pressure assisted extraction (UHP) is a new green and high efficient extraction technology for natural products, and the biological activity of the natural products can be kept as much as possible. With Moringa oleifera seeds powder as the experimental material, the water-soluble polysaccharide was extracted by a new ultra-high pressure assisted extraction technology. The antioxidant activities of the water-soluble polysaccharide from M. oleifera seed were evaluated by the total antioxidant capacity and DPPH and hydroxyl radicals scavenging ability. Taking the yield of polysaccharide as an evaluation index, the effects of pulverization degree, pressure, pressure holding time and ratio of material to liquid on the yield of water-soluble polysaccharide from M. oleifera seed were investigated by the single factor experiment method. The orthogonal experiment design method was used to get the optimum ultra-high pressure assisted extraction conditions of polysaccharide from M. oleifera seed. The experiment results showed that the optimum technological conditions of the polysaccharide from M. oleifera seed were determined as follows: holding pressure of 6 min, solid-liquid ratio of 1:15 (g/mL), extraction pressure of 100 MPa and degree of pulverization of 100 mesh. The yield of the polysaccharide from M. oleifera seed under this optimum condition was 0.346%. The experiment results also showed that the scavenging abilities for DPPH and hydroxyl radicals increased with the increase of concentration of the polysaccharide from M. oleifera seed and there was a good linear relationship between concentration of the polysaccharide from M. oleifera seed and the radical scavenging ability. The IC50 (the concentration when the radical scavenging rate is 50%) of the polysaccharide from M. oleifera seed for DPPH and hydroxyl radicals was 0.0439 g/L and 0.1666 g/L respectively, and the antioxidant ability was lower than that of Vc at the same concentration, which indicated that the water-soluble polysaccharide from M. oleifera seed had certain antioxidant capacity within a certain concentration range. The total antioxidant capacity of the water-soluble polysaccharide from M. oleifera seed was 0.0482 mmol/L (Expressed as the equivalent concentration of FeSO4). The water-soluble polysaccharide from M. oleifera seed can be extracted effectively in lower temperature and shorter time by ultra-high pressure assisted extraction technology compared with hot-water extraction method and the water-soluble polysaccharide from M. oleifera seed has good antioxidant activities and can be exploited and used as a natural antioxidant. The results of this study could provide technical support and reference for the exploration of natural antioxidant and the development and high value comprehensive utilization of M. Oleifera.

Key words: Moringa oleifera seeds, polysaccharide, ultrahigh pressure assisted extraction, antioxidant activity

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