ABSTRACT
Objective: To investigate the adsorption performance and purification effect of macroporous adsorption resin on total polyphenols in Acanthopanan trifoliates leaves, and to determine the technological conditions for the purification of total polyphenols from A. trifoliates leaves. Methods: The Folin-Ciocalteu colorimetric method was used to quantify the adsorption and desorption effects of five macroporous adsorption resins on the total polyphenols in the A. trifoliates leaves. The resin suitable for separation and purification of total polyphenols in A. trifoliates leaves was screened, and the adsorption and desorption conditions were investigated and optimized. The final optimized parameters were determined by single factor experiments. Results: The best purification parameters of total polyphenols were determined as follows: the concentration of sample solution was 1.0 mg/mL (crude drug) with pH 3.0, sample flow rate was at 2 mL/min, and the sample loading was controlled to 30 mL, the elution was 50% ethanol at a flow rate of 2.0 mL/min with pH 6.0, and the elution amount was 40 mL. The polyphenol sample of the A. trifoliates leaves was purified by HPD100 resin, and the purity increased from 11.7% to 49.7%, and the purification effect was 4.25 times than before. After 30 times enlargement experiment, the purity of the A. trifoliates leaves polyphenol sample increased from 12.5% before purification to 54.5%, and the purification effect was 4.4 times than before. The amount of macroporous resin did not affect the purification efficiency, which provided reference for HPD100 macroporous resin for industrial production of total polyphenols purification of A. trifoliates leaves. Conclusion: HPD100 is the best resin for purifying total polyphenols from A. trifoliates leaves, and the process technology result in this experiment can be applied to industrial production.