Research Article

Antioxidant Activities and Repair Effects on Oxidatively Damaged HK-2 Cells of Tea Polysaccharides with Different Molecular Weights

Table 2

FT-IR characteristic absorption peak of original and degraded TPS.

Polysaccharide abbreviationMean molecular weights Mr/kDa–COOH content/%Relative intensity of -COOH absorption peakFunctional groups characteristic absorption peak
-OH-COOHSugar ring

TPS010.8811.21.334231609.91391.1, 1142.3, 1093.9, 765.9
TPS18.1212.32.034171602.11385.4, 1213.4, 778.6
TPS24.8212.72.734121610.51399.2, 1087.5, 780.6
TPS32.3111.0134011608.11401.4, 1087.3, 780.4

[] (100-T TPS0): (100-TTPS1): (100-TTPS2): (100-TTPS3), where T represents the light transmittance.