万寿菊叶黄素的提取及分析方法研究进展

Advances on Extraction and Analysis Methods of Lutein from Marigold(Tagets erecta)

叶黄素(lutein)是自然界广泛存在的含紫罗酮环的二羟基类胡萝卜素,也是人眼视网膜黄斑色素主要组成部分。由于叶黄素可有效预防并辅助治疗老年性黄斑退化病和白内障等眼部疾病,其在生物活性物质利用领域有广泛的应用前景。万寿菊是工业上提取分离叶黄素的理想工业原料。本文综述了近年来国内外有关万寿菊叶黄素的研究工作,着重介绍叶黄素的新型提取方法及其定性定量分析方法。

Lutein is dihydroxy-carotenoids with the ionone ring systems distributed widely in nature as well as the main component of the retina macular pigment in human eye. Lutein has potentially important commercial application in the area of physiologically active materials because it might prove to be protective against the development of age-related macular degeneration and cararact. Marigold（Tagetes erecta） is suitable material for the extraction and isolation of lutein in Industry. The researching progress in the lutein from marigold was reviewed in detail here, particularly in the novel extraction and analysis methods for identity and quantity.