Autoclaving hyphenated with reflux extraction for gaining bioactive components from Chaenomeles fruits

ABSTRACT

Chaenomeles (called Mugua in China)

is an important material in the food industry, and XuanMugua is the only one which is allowed to serve as a homology of medicine and food in China. This study was conducted to develop an effective extraction method for XuanMugua by autoclaving treatment hyphenated with reflux. Hyphenated extraction method gave 19% higher extraction efficiency, 5% higher content of polysaccharides, and 29% higher content of triterpenes than single reflux. Furthermore, it improved the antioxidant activities of Mugua by increasing DPPH radical scavenging by 0.80 times and similar ABTS and hydroxyl radical scavenging abilities.

KEYWORDS:

• Autoclaving
• reflux
• extraction
• bioactive components
• antioxidative activities

Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by Anhui Postdoctoral Research Station (Chuzhou University) Fund [2020BSH003], Science and Technology Planning Project of Chuzhou [201701], Cooperative Commissioning Projects [W2020JSKF0027], Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [JZ2019HGTB0061], Major Projects of Science and Technology in Yunnan Province [2018ZG004], and the Major Projects of Science and Technology in Anhui Province [18030701144, 1804b06020347, 18030701142, 18030701158].

Disclosure statement

The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Cooperative Commissioning Projects [W2020JSKF0027]; Anhui Postdoctoral Research Station (Chuzhou University) Fund [2020BSH003]; Science and Technology Planning Project of Chuzhou [201701]; Supporting Project of Hefei University of Technology [XC2016HGCX002]; Major Projects of Science and Technology in Anhui Province [18030701144, 1804b06020347, 18030701142, 180307011]; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [JZ2019HGTB0061].