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Analysis of Hedychium Flavum Waste Powder as a Potent Heavy Metal Adsorbent

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Hedychium flavum, a medicinal, edible, and ornamental plant, is widely cultivated in India. Essential oils from the plant are used for various medical purposes and the leftover plant residue after oil extraction is discarded as a waste. An attempt was made to explore the used of this waste to remove heavy metals from wastewater was analysed. Result shows that the waste powder can be used effectively for metal removal. Hedychium flavum sequence was submitted to the NCBI database to procure accession numbers MN988619.

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  1. Department of Computer Applications, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Tamil Nadu, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, 641 004, India

    M. Swetha, S. Indhumathi, L. Sheeba, G. Sangeetha, T. S. Anushya Devi & M. Selvanayaki

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  1. Environmental Research Division, Biotechnology, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India

    Aravind Jeyaseelan

  2. Biotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology - Ramapuram Campus, Chennai, India

    Kamaraj Murugasen

  3. Department of Biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India

    Karthikeyan Sivashanmugam

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Swetha, M., Indhumathi, S., Sheeba, L., Sangeetha, G., Devi, T.S.A., Selvanayaki, M. (2023). Analysis of Hedychium Flavum Waste Powder as a Potent Heavy Metal Adsorbent. In: Jeyaseelan, A., Murugasen, K., Sivashanmugam, K. (eds) Sustainable and Cleaner Technologies for Environmental Remediation. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29597-3_10

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