Optimization of Enzyme-assisted Extraction and Ethanol Precipitation for Buckwheat Bee Pollen Crude Polysaccharides and their Antioxidant Activity Analysis
This study focused on the extraction of polysaccharides from buckwheat bee pollen using a composite enzyme-assisted extraction method followed by ethanol precipitation.The Box-behnken response surface methodology was employed to optimize the extraction process,and the obtained crude polysaccharides were subjected to structural identification and anti-oxidant activity analysis.The results showed that the highest extraction yeid(30.74±0.23)%was achieved using 75%ethanol at 39 ℃ when adding pectinase 0.02%,cellulase 0.03%and neutral protease 1.0%,respectively.The structure of polysaccharide was characterized by infrared spectrum,ultraviolet spectrum and high performance liquid chromatography.By infrared spectroscopy and ultraviolet light analysis,the crude polysaccharide has obvious polysaccharide characteristic abs-orption peak,and did not contain nucleic acid and protein.HPLC analysis revealed that the crude polysaccharide of buck-wheat bee pollen was mainly composed of Glc,its content was as high as 54.74%,and contained a small amount of Man,rhamnose,GlcN,GlcUA,Gal,Fuc;the monosaccharide content ratio was Man∶rhamnose∶GlcN∶GlcUA∶Glc∶Gal∶Fuc was 1.472∶1.723∶0.119∶0.129∶54.740∶11.458∶0.490.Antioxidant activity assessments of the buckwheat bee pollen crude polysaccharide showed significantly improved scavenging capabilities(p<0.01)compared to positive controls,including buckwheat flour polysaccharides and shiitake mushroom polysaccharides,with IC50 values of(0.636±0.005)mg/mL for O2-·scavenging effect,(1.678±0.006)mg/mL for ABTS+scavenging effect,(0.734±0.003)mg/mL for DPPH free radical scavenging effect,(0.527±0.004)mg/mL for hydroxyl free radical(·OH)clearance,which was significantly better than that of buckwheat flour polysaccharide and lentinus mushroom polysaccharide(p<0.01).