The method of saccharifycation of purple sweet potato and simultaneous extracting purple pigment by α-amylase was developed in this work. The effect of α-amylase addition, enzymolysis temperature, enzymolysis time and solid-liquid ratio on the influence of extraction yield of pigment and saccharification were investigated. The results indicated that the optimal condition was enzyme addition 35 mg/g, enzymolysis temperature 80℃, time 1.0 h, solid-liquid ratio 1:5 (g:ml), extraction times 2, and the extraction yield of anthocyanins was up ...