Abstract:Objective:To study on the purification and chemical composition of polysaccharides from Chrysanthemum indicum. Method:Polysaccharides were extracted from C. indicum with hot water, followed by precipitating with ethanol, decolorizing with LSA-21 and removing of free protein by the method of Sevag, and finally separated into three fractions CIP-1'、CIP-2'and CIP-3'by DEAE-52 cellulose anion exchange and Sephadex G75 gel column chromatograph. Result:The relative molecular weight (Mw) of CIP-1'was estimated to be about 8,242 Da by using high-performance gel permeation chromatography (HPGPC),while that of CIP-2'was 8,383 Da and of CIP-3'was 1.920 1×103 Da. According to GC analysis, CIP-1'was composed of six kinds of monosaccharides, namely rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, mannose, glucose and galactose in the molar ratio of 5.44:16.40:20.35:3.53:15.43:21.46, following that CIP-2'was composed of the same kinds of monosaccharides in the molar ration of 8.47:13.17:2.43:2.75:14.51:15.76. However, CIP-3'was composed of rhamnose, arabinose, mannose, glucose and galactose in a molar ratio of 17.46:15.88:18.90:63.76:36.44. The FT- IR spectrum of the three also indicated typical characteristics of polysaccharides. Conclusion:This study provided experimental basis for the development of polysaccharide resources from C. indicum.