The invention discloses a method for gradient extraction of a composite tea
pigment through cooperation of salted ginger and directional oxidation and application, and belongs to the technical field of
natural product extraction. The method comprises the steps of
salting pretreatment, ginger juice enzymolysis, gradient oxidative
polymerization (the proportion of
theaflavin TF,
thearubigin TR and
theabrownin is accurately controlled by regulating and controlling temperature, pH and Cu < 2 + > and Fe < 3 + > ions), targeted separation and purification and
chitosan-
sodium alginate nano embedding (the particle size is 150 + / -20 nm, the
Zeta potential is + 32.5 mV, and the encapsulation efficiency is greater than or equal to 75%), and the
bioavailability is improved. The free radical
scavenging rate is synergistically improved by 2.3 times through the salt and the ginger, the ingredient proportion is controllable through gradient oxidation, and the
bioavailability is improved by 3.2 times through nano delivery. The prepared compound tea
pigment has
caffeine residue of less than or equal to 0.5% and
gingerol of more than or equal to 4.5%, has
antibacterial activity 4 times higher than that of a
single component, is suitable for preparing medicines, health care products and functional foods, can be used for developing medicines for resisting metabolic diseases such as atherosclerosis,
diabetes mellitus and tumors, and has the advantages of high yield, function enhancement, wide application and the like.