Abstract:Artichoke is a kind of vegetable with liver protection, anticancer, antioxidation and antibacterial activity, its by-products (leaves and stalks) also rich in beneficial physiological activity, but it is difficult to make intensive use of the by-products as they are too wet to be decay. In this study, silage, a low energy method, was use for storaging artichoke stems and leaves, meanwhile, the content of polyphenol and its antioxidant properties and the ability of inhibition of α-glucosidase was detected in ensile. In short, the changes of mono-phenols was detected by HPLC-QQQ-MS, and the alteration of total phenolic content in ensilage was determined by with Folin-Ciocalteu method. Meanwhile, antioxidant properties and the ability of inhibition of α-glucosidase was regarded as evaluating indicator of function activity. As result, there are still 96.8% of total polyphenol in the by-product after ensiling. Moreover, antioxidant properties is same to before, and the ability of inhibition of α-glucosidase is still significant. Consequently, ensilage can be a developed method to preserve the polyphenol of artichoke by-product and function activity as before, so it is a low energy and efficient method to preserve the by-products of artichoke stem and leaf that has potential for popularization.