Abstract:Static adsorption and desorption experiments were carried out to determine the types of macroporous resins for purifying flavonoids from eggplant leaves, to optimize its technological conditions, and to comparatively analyze the antioxidant activities of eggplant leave flavonoids before and after purification. The results showed that NKA-II was the optimal adsorbent. The optimum conditions for purification of flavonoids from eggplant leaves were listed as follows: sample concentration of crude extracts 0.362 6 mg/mL, sample pH 2, the static absorption time, 2.5 h. After 40 minutes desorption with 70% ethanol (pH=3), the content of flavonoids was increased from 17.91% before purification to 64.59%, the rate of purification was improved by 3.61 times. Compared with rutin, scavenging activity of flavonoids after purification on ABTS+· and DPPH· was less, and scavenging activity of flavonoids after purification on ABTS+· was stronger than before purification.