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JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY-SCIENCE B
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 173-180Publisher
ZHEJIANG UNIV
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B1300186
Keywords
Polysaccharides; Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) fruit peel; Physicochemical properties; Antioxidant activity; alpha-Glucosidase inhibition
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2012BAD36B06-5]
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The conditions for extracting polysaccharides from tea (Camellia sinensis L.) fruit peel (TFPPs) were studied. Three parameters (temperature, time, and liquid/solid ratio) affecting the extraction of TFPP were optimized using response surface methodology (RSM). Under the optimized conditions, the yield of TFPP was predicted to be 4.98%. The physicochemical properties, in vitro antioxidant activities, and inhibitory effects on alpha-glucosidase of fractionated TFPPs (TFPP-0, TFPP-20, TFPP-40, and TFPP-60) were investigated. We found that the TFPPs were all acid protein-bound heteropolysaccharides, although with different chemical compositions. They had not only remarkable scavenging activity on 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS) and reducing activity, but also excellent inhibitory potential against alpha-glucosidase in vitro. Our results suggest that tea fruit peel could be treated as a potential bioresource for the development of polysaccharide antioxidants.
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