Polysaccharide extraction from Myxopyrum smilacifolium trunk and its antioxidant capacity
Le Trung Hieu,
Son Le Lam,
Chau Nguyen Dang Giang
et al.
Abstract:As a traditional medicinal plant in Vietnam, Myxopyrum smilacifolium has been used for a long history to treat cough, nervous disorders, numbness, rheumatism, and cephalalgia. Nevertheless, reports on the antioxidant activity and extraction of M. smilacifolium polysaccharides are still very rare. This study was designed to extract a high yield of polysaccharides from the M. smilacifolium trunk and characterize it. As a result, the maximum yield of the polysaccharides of 5.13 ± 0.05% was obtained with an extrac… Show more
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