The purification process of yam peel polyphenol using macroporous resin was studied,and the scavenging ability of purified polyphenol to DPPH·,ABTS+·,·O2-and·OH was evaluated.The results showed that X-5 was the best resin for purifying yam peel polyphenol.The optimal purification process was pH 6.0 of sample solution,mass concentration 0.6 mg/mL of sample solution,volume frac-tion of ethanol(elution)80%,sample flow rate 2 mL/min,elution flow rate 2 mL/min.The adsorption isotherm was consistent with Langmuir monolayer adsorption.After purification under these conditions,the purity of polyphenols extract was increased from 34.09%to 80.22%.The antioxidant activity test showed that the purified yam peel polyphenols had significantly higher scavenging capacity for DPPH·,ABTS+·,·OH and·O2-than the crude extract,and had strong antioxidant activity,which was a nat-ural antioxidant with potential development.