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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2025, Vol. 61 ›› Issue (8): 80-95.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20240630

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Purification and Activity Analysis of Total Flavonoids from Eucalyptus cloeziana Leaves

Liuming Wei1,2,Qingle Li1,Yang Lan1,Mengting Lu1,Ruoke Ma1,Penglian Wei1,Yunlin Fu1,*()   

  1. 1. Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory for Cultivation and Utilization of Subtropical Forest Plantation Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Cultivation of Fast-Growing Timber in Central South China College of Forestry, Guangxi University Nanning 530004
    2. Guangxi Forestry Research Institute Nanning 530002
  • Received:2024-10-25 Online:2025-08-25 Published:2025-09-02
  • Contact: Yunlin Fu E-mail:fylin@126.com

Abstract:

Objective: This study aims to provide a theoretical basis for the exploitation and utilization of Eucalyptus cloeziana leaves by isolating, and identifying the leaf flavonoids and determining their activity. Method: In this study, the eight different macroporous resins were used to purify flavonoids from E. cloeziana leaves, and their adsorption/desorption characteristics of total flavonoids in E. cloeziana leaves were compared to select a macroporous resin suitable for purifying flavonoids from E. cloeziana leaves, and optimize the purification parameters. The structure and content of flavonoids were investigated with infrared spectroscopy and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS). In addition, the antimicrobial activity of flavonoids before and after purification against four bacterial strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Erwinia carotovora was investigated. At the same time, the in vitro antioxidant activity [such as 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging rate, 2,2-diazo-bis (3-ethyl-benzothiazole-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium (ABTS) free radical scavenging rate and total reducting capacity] and enzyme inhibitory activity (acetylcholinesterase, α-glucosidase) were also determined. Result: The ADS-17 resin was identified as the optimum choice for its exceptional adsorption and desorption properties, and the optimal purification process conditions were as follows: pH value of 3, eluent ethanol volume fraction of 50%, concentration of flavonoids in the sample solution of 0.9 mg·mL–1, adsorption rate of 2.0 mL·min?1, elution rate of 1.0 mL·min–1 and eluent dosage of 65 mL. Under these conditions, the purity of the total flavonoid extract was increased from 20.03 mg·g–1 to 36.31 mg·g–1. Through infrared spectroscopy scanning, it was shown that the extract contained characteristic absorption peaks of flavonoids. And then, a total of 13 flavonoids were identified by UHPLC-MS. Compared to the crude extract, the flavonoids peaks of the purified extract were more prominent, among which myricetin, myricitrin and quercetin were 1.67, 1.64 and 3.57 times higher than before purification, respectively. The antioxidant capacity of purified flavonoids from E. cloeziana leaves was superior to that of the crude extract. And the half inhibitory concentration (IC50) values of the purified DPPH and ABTS were lower than those of the crude extract by 0.77 and 11.31 μg·mL–1, respectively, and the difference in IC50 value with VC was not significant (P>0.05). In addition, the purified extracts showed significantly higher inhibitory ability on acetylcholinesterase and α-glucosidase activities, and their IC50 values were 45.26 and 1.60 μg·mL–1 lower than those of crude extracts, respectively. The antibacterial experiment also showed that purified extract was more effective than crude extracts, with the minimum inhibitory concentrations of the crude extracts against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Erwinia carotovora, and Bacillus subtilis ranging from 12.50 to 25.00 mg·mL–1, while the minimum inhibitory concentrations of the purified extracts against the above species were less than 6.25 mg·mL–1. Conclusion: ADS-17 macroporous resin can effectively enrich the flavonoids in E. cloeziana leaves, and the purified flavonoids have good antioxidant, enzyme inhibition and bacteriostatic activities.

Key words: Eucalyptus cloeziana leaves, flavonoids, maeroporous resin, component identification, bioactivity

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