Abstract
The ecosystem and humans have been exposed to many types of pesticides, including atrazine. However, few studies evaluated the different parts of Moringa oleifera (Moringa) plant for the removal of pesticides. Thus, this work aimed to study the physical–chemical characteristics of Moringa as an environmentally friendly biosorbent to remove atrazine in contaminated water. For this, three parts of Moringa, seed pulp (seed), seed husks (husk) and pod husks (pod), were characterized by chemical analysis to obtain in-depth discussions about their composition, thermal stability, morphology and structure. Atrazine biosorption from synthetic water was evaluated using seed, husk and pod separately. Results showed that the different parts of Moringa presented similar composition, but seeds presented higher content of proteins and fatty acids and lower amount of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin than husks and pods. Maximum atrazine removal obtained was 85%, 73% and 60% for husk, seed and pods, respectively. The simple preparation and the adsorption atrazine results indicate that Moringa is a promising eco-friendly lignocellulosic and low-cost material for the removal of organic pollutants.
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The authors gratefully appreciate and acknowledge Prof. Gabriel Francisco da Silva of (Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil) for providing Moringa plant for the development of this study. The authors thank the support of the researchers of the COMCAP—Complexo de Centrais de Apoio à Pesquisa (Universidade Estadual de Maringá—UEM, Brazil) for the microscopy analyzes.
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This work was supported by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES, Brazil), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, Brazil), Fundação Araucária de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Estado do Paraná (FA, Brazil) and by Cesumar Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation, Cesumar University (ICETI, Brazil).
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PFC, MRFK and RB were involved in conceptualization; PFC and FPC helped in methodology; MRFK contributed to validation; formal analysis was done by PRSB; PFC, KCV and PRSB helped in investigation; RB contributed to resources; PFC and MFS were involved in writing—original draft preparation; NUY, MECF and KCV were involved in writing—review and editing; visualization was done by PFC, MRFK and RB; MRFK and RB helped in supervision; MRFK and RB assisted in project administration. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
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Coldebella, P.F., Valverde, K.C., Yamaguchi, N.U. et al. Exploring the eco-friendly potential of Moringa oleifera parts as biosorbents for atrazine removal. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 21, 6445–6458 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-024-05462-6
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