The invention discloses
scutellarein, which is characterized in that the
scutellarein is prepared by the following steps: adding water into breviscapinun and fully dissolving the breviscapinun, heating the water solution to between 35 and 45 DEG C, keeping the water solution at the constant temperature of between 35 and 45 DEG C, adjusting the pH value to between 8.0 and 12.0, adding
digestive enzyme into the water solution, keeping the water solution at the constant temperature of between 35 and 45 DEG C, placing the water solution for 2 to 12 hours, adjusting the pH value to between 2.0 and 6.5, concentrating the water solution, loading concentrate on a
polyamide column, washing the
polyamide column by water, then washing the
polyamide column by 20 to 90 percent
ethanol, keeping
ethanol eluent, concentrating the eluent, and
drying the concentrate to obtain the
scutellarein. The extraction rate of the process method is high, the purity of the scutellarein is high, and the scutellarein can be used as an
active component of a medicinal preparation.