The invention relates to the field of
natural product extraction, and particularly discloses a method for extracting
quercetin from
sophora flower
bud, which comprises the following steps: crushing dry
sophora flower
bud; the method comprises the following steps: by taking an
ethanol water solution with the concentration of 70-80% v / v as an extraction
solvent, carrying out ultrasonic extraction at 50-60 DEG C, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain an extracting solution (I) containing
rutin; adding glycosidase into the obtained extracting solution (I), adjusting the pH value to 3.5-5.5, adjusting the temperature to 35-50 DEG C, carrying out an enzymolysis reaction for 2-4 hours, and then carrying out
enzyme deactivation; the liquid after
enzyme deactivation is concentrated and filtered while being hot at the temperature of 50-60 DEG C, filter residues are washed with 70-80% hot ethyl
alcohol, filtrate is combined to obtain a
mixed solution, the
mixed solution is loaded to a macroporous adsorption resin column,
gradient elution is conducted through an ethyl
alcohol-water solution with the concentration increasing progressively, target
elution fractions containing
quercetin are collected, concentration and
freeze drying are conducted, and the
quercetin is obtained. The quercetin prepared by the method has the advantages of high purity and good yield.