Study on the content of active matter and inoxidizality of polygonum flaccidum meisn

Traditional Chinese herbal medicine, polygonum flaccidum meisn, had a favourable development prospect on pesticide, medicine, veterinary drug and food additives. It was necessary to provide the theory evidence to make use of the valuable plant resources reasonably, promote the comprehensive development and utilization, and comprehend the content of active chemical composition and inoxidizality. In this paper, the active matter, naphtha, the content of polysaccharide and inoxidizality of polygonum flaccidum meisn were addressed. The experimental results show that the content of naphtha is 2.46 percent in fresh polygonum flaccidum meisn and the content of polysaccharide is 18.11 percent in dry one. The naphtha and the polysaccharide are able to remove the hydroxylradicals and superoxide anion radicals and the former works better the latter. Both perform worse than positive reference VC on inoxidizality. So we can draw a conclusion that polygonum flaccidum mesin is an efficient natural antioxidant and will be used on medicalhealthcare, medicine, industry of fine chemicals and agriculture widely.