The invention provides an extraction method and application of tamarind
polysaccharide, and the extraction method comprises the following steps: pretreating tamarind seeds to obtain tamarind gum
powder, adding a
trichloroacetic acid aqueous solution, performing stirring and reacting at 100-150 DEG C to obtain a tamarind
polysaccharide mixed solution, carrying out
solid-liquid separation, taking filtrate, performing concentrating, carrying out
alcohol extraction, and performing
drying to obtain the tamarind
polysaccharide. According to the extraction method, the characteristics that tamarind polysaccharide is resistant to high temperature and not easy to degrade are utilized, on the basis of pretreatment, pressurized
water extraction is performed under the ultra-high-temperature acidic condition, it is guaranteed that the tamarind polysaccharide can be fully dissolved out, and denaturation and
precipitation of
protein under the dual conditions of ultra-high temperature and
trichloroacetic acid are promoted; the
ultrafiltration concentration is adopted to further remove part of polypeptide
protein,
amino acid, inorganic salt and other small molecular impurities degraded at high temperature, and
ethanol precipitation separation is combined to obtain high-purity tamarind polysaccharide; the method is simple in process, high in extraction efficiency, easy to amplify and suitable for
batch production, and the
protein content of the prepared tamarind polysaccharide is lower than 0.3 wt%.