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Biomass Chemical Engineering ›› 2019, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (2): 35-40.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5854.2019.02.006

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In Vitro Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activity of Ethanol Extract from Mulberry Leaves

Xinyan GAO1,Haiying WANG1,*(),Zhiming LIU2   

  1. 1. School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
    2. Material Science and Engineering College, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
  • Received:2018-02-26 Online:2019-03-30 Published:2019-04-09
  • Contact: Haiying WANG E-mail:haiyingwang908@126.com
  • Supported by:
    国家重点研发计划课题(2016YFD0600805-01)

Abstract:

Dry mulberry leaves was extracted by soxhlet extraction to obtain ethanol extract of mulberry leaves. And the composition, antioxidant activity and antibacterial activity of the ethanol extract of mulberry leaves in vitro were measured. The results showed that the ethanol extract of mulberry leaves contained many organics, including esters(82.85%), alkanes(6.31%), aromatic hydrocarbons(1.62%) and alcohols(0.21%). There was a significant linear relationship between the total reducing power and the concentration of ethanol extracts from mulberry leaves, and the extracts had good scavenging capacities of DPPH free radicals and OH free radicals with the half inhibitory concentrations(IC50) of 73.07 and 104.52 mg/L, respectively. The ethanol extract of mulberry leaves had certain inhibitory effects on Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Inhibitory effects were B. subtilis > S. aureus > E. coli, IC50 were 4.824, 6.806 and 14.382 g/L, respectively. The antioxidant and antibacterial activity of the ethanol extract of mulberry leaves increased with the increase of sample concentration.

Key words: mulberry leaves, ethanol extract, antioxidant, antibacterial activity

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