Abstract:
In this study, polyphenols and total flavonoids were extracted from
Camellia fascicularis H. T. Chang using different polar solvents such as water, petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, and
n-butanol. The radical scavenging rate on DPPH·, ·ABTS
+, and ·OH and the reducing power were used as indicators to analyze the antioxidant capacity of different polar solvents extracts from
C.
fascicularis. The results showed that extraction abilities for polyphenols and total flavonoids from
C.
fascicularis by different polar extract solvents and the antioxidant capacities of different polar extracts were different. The order of extraction abilities for polyphenols and total flavonoids were as follows: water>ethyl acetate>petroleum ether>chloroform>
n-butanol and water>ethyl acetate>chloroform>petroleum ether>
n-butanol, respectively.
C.
fascicularis showed good antioxidant activities, and there were some differences in antioxidant capacities of different polar extracts. The comprehensive antioxidant capacities of water and ethyl acetate phases were higher than that of chloroform,
n-butanol, and petroleum ether phases. The water phase extract exhibited the strongest scavenging capacities for DPPH· and ·ABTS
+, and the IC
50 values were (38.634±2.556) and (276.610±8.416)mg/L, respectively, followed by the ethyl acetate phase((50.845±3.985) and (362.754±22.555) mg/L). The petroleum ether phase showed the strongest scavenging capacities for ·OH with an IC
50 value of (180.88±49.568) mg/L, followed by the chloroform phase((1 130.630±157.932)mg/L). The water phase demonstrated the strongest total reducing power with an absorbance value of 2.281±0.103 at the mass concentration of different polar extracts of 1 750 mg/L, followed by the ethyl acetate phase(1.504±0.021).