Antioxidant Activity of Exopolysaccharide from Rhizobium sp.N613
Rhizobium sp.N613胞外多糖的抗氧化活性

We investigated the reducing capacity of Caragana rhizobium exopolysaccharides (REPS) by the system of potassium ferricyanide and ferric chloride, determined the hydroxyl radical scavenging capacity of REPS by H2O2/Fe2+ system, measured the Superoxide radical scavenging capacity of REPS by the pyrogallol system, and we also determined its protective effects on H2O2 in hemplysis of erythrocytes and lipid per-oxidation of liver homogenate in rat. The results indicated that REPS has reductive capacity to oxides, the hydroxyl radical scavenging capacity of REPS was 35.46% (at the concentration of 2 mg/mL), the Superoxide radical scavenging capacity of REPS was 36.84% (at the concentration of 0.78 mg/mL), the protective effects of REPS on H2O2 induced hemolysis of rat erythrocytes was 43.84% (at the concentration of 1.14 mg/mL), and the protective effects on lipid per-oxidation of liver homogenate in rat was 34.46% (at the concentration of 1.14 mg/mL).