The application discloses a preparation method of a degraded
polysaccharide of
Gracilaria lemaneiformis capable of regulating short-chain
fatty acid level and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
biotechnology. The method comprises the following steps: mixing
Gracilaria lemaneiformis
powder with water, performing ultrasonic
cell wall disruption and
hot water extraction, and obtaining a crude
polysaccharide extract; adding
cellulase and
vitamin C to the crude
polysaccharide extract, and performing synergistic degradation under ultrasonic conditions; after termination of the reaction, performing concentration,
alcohol precipitation, gel column purification,
dialysis and freeze-
drying, and obtaining the degraded polysaccharide. The application firstly adopts ultrasonic assistance,
cellulase and
vitamin C to synergistically degrade
Gracilaria lemaneiformis polysaccharide, and clearly shows that the degraded polysaccharide is composed of
agarose typical structural units and red algal
starch structural units. Animal experiments show that the degraded polysaccharide can significantly increase the total short-chain
fatty acid content in the intestines of high-fat and high-
sugar diet mice. The preparation method is mild, the structure is clear, the activity is significant, and the degraded polysaccharide can be applied to
functional food or
probiotic preparations for regulating intestinal
flora and improving
sugar and
lipid metabolism.