title: Extraction, purification and antioxidant activities of the polysaccharides from maca (Lepidium meyenii).
abstract: Water-soluble polysaccharides were separated from maca (Lepidium meyenii) aqueous extract (MAE). The crude polysaccharides were deproteinized by Sevag method. During the preparation process of maca polysaccharides, amylase and glucoamylase effectively removed starch in maca polysaccharides. Four Lepidium meyenii polysaccharides (LMPs) were obtained by changing the concentration of ethanol in the process of polysaccharide precipitation. All of the LMPs were composed of rhamnose, arabinose, glucose and galactose. Antioxidant activity tests revealed that LMP-60 showed good capability of scavenging hydroxyl free radical and superoxide radical at 2.0mg/mL, the scavenging rate was 52.9% and 85.8%, respectively. Therefore, the results showed that maca polysaccharides had a high antioxidant activity and could be explored as the source of bioactive compounds.
authors.affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, PR China; Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China.
authors.forename: Shenghua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zha
authors.affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, PR China. Electronic address: qszhao@ipe.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Qingsheng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, PR China; Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China.
authors.forename: Jinjin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Liwei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, PR China.
authors.forename: Guifeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Tong Ren Tang Health Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., PR China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, PR China. Electronic address: bzhao@ipe.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000737:chemistry; D029686:Lepidium / Q000737:chemistry*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D010936:Plant Extracts; D011134:Polysaccharides; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical
keywords: Antioxidant activity; Lepidium meyenii; Maca; Monosaccharide composition; Polysaccharides