in the prevention of oxidative damage in human cells [Wang et al., 2012a]. In general, polysaccharides are bound to other components like protein, lipids, lignin, and some inorganic minerals in cells. Thus, polysaccharide extraction and isolation from various sources is the most important task in the investigation and application of bioactive polysaccharides. The extraction technique used may signifi cantly infl uence the yield, physical characteristics, and biological activities of the polysaccharides. Hot-water extraction (HWE), ultrasonic-assisted extraction (UAE), microwave-assisted extraction, enzyme-assisted extraction (EAE), maceration, and heat refl ux with solvents are the main methods for polysaccharide extraction from natural resources [Fan et al., 2015]. HWE is traditionally used because it is a convenient, fast, environment-friendly, and economical technology [Liu et al., 2016]. UAE has been widely used to extract bioactive components from various plant materials based on mass transfer intensifi cation, cell collapse, increased penetration, and capillary effects [Yin et al., 2016]. EAE can be used to release natural functional compounds from plant materials, owing to cell wall degradation that facilitates polysaccharide dissolution into the solvent [Pan et al., 2015]. In this study, crude polysaccharides were extracted from C. sinensis by various extraction methods and their health-related properties were measured in order to improve their availability to functional food materials. The crude polysaccharide fractions from C. sinensis were extracted using hot water, ultrasonic-assisted, and enzyme-assisted methods. Biological activities such as antioxidant activity, α-amylase in