Abstract:
The craft of corn-bract flavonoid extraction with ultrasonic and its content measurement with colorimetry was conducted and the best distillation conditions found to be at 700W of ultrasonic power,extraction temperature of 60℃,material proportion of 50g/mL,ethanol concentration of 60%,extraction time of 35 min.The highest total flavonoid rate gets 1.225%.Antioxidative test results show good performance of flavonoid scavenging capacity in both superoxide radical systems and hydroxyl radical systems.Free radical scavenging capacity, IC
50 flavonoids, to superoxide radical system and hydroxyl radical are respectively 1.5μg/mL and 0.14mg/mL and stronger than vitamin C(V
C).In DPPH system,IC
50 flavonoid is 0.2mg/mL and IC
50 V
C is 0.075mg/mL.However,within selected dosage,the highest scavenging capacity of flavonoids outweighs that of V
C.The tests show the suitability of flavonoid as good natural radical scavenger.