The reference samples of quercetin-3-O-[β-D-glu-(1 → 6)]-β-D-glucopyranoside (AFG-1), quercetin-3-O-[β-D-xyl-(1 → 2)]-β-D-glucopyranoside (AFG-2), and quercetin-4-O-methy-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (AFG-3) at a purity of >98% were separated by our research team [16 (link)]. Rutin reference sample was purchased from China Pharmaceutical and Biological Products Testing Institute. A. esculentus flower, fruit, and seed samples were picked up in vegetable test base of Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University in 2016. Nitric oxide (NO), malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and Coomassie Brilliant Blue kit were purchased from Nanjing Jiancheng Biological Technology Co. Ltd. Antibodies against Nrf2, heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase-1 (NQO1), and β-actin were purchased from Wanlei Biological Technology Co. Ltd. Chloral hydrate was purchased from Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences. All the reagents were of analytical or HPLC grade.
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