Study on the correlation between total flavonoids and anti-oxidation in bee pollens

The research aimed to explore the correlation between total flavonoids content and anti-oxidation in bee pollens.The antioxidant activation and content of flavonoid of 18 kinds of bee pollens were measured.The free radicals scavenging activities were investigated in Potassium permanganate oxidation, Phosphomolyb date method, scavenging hydroxyl radicals and DPPH free radical ability.The results showed that the content of total flavonoids from 18 kinds of bee pollens were 3.470 ~ 14.306mg/g.And they exhibited a certain antioxidant activity.The correlation coefficient between total flavonoids content and scavenging DPPH free radical ability in bee pollens was the most notable of 0.7780.It was indicated that total flavonoids may be one of the main active ingredients of scavenging DPPH free radical in bee pollens.