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Removal of Rifampin by Luffa: A Pharmaceutical Potential in Producing Dye in Water

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Pharmaceuticals are regarded as one of the prominent environmental concerns due to their entrance and detection in aquatic solutions. Some pharmaceuticals are able to generate colouring agents in water which must also be removed. This chapter focus on the removal of rifampin, a drug producing a reddish-orange to reddish-brown colour in water, by Luffa biomaterial. The bioadsorbent was characterized with SEM, XRD, and FTIR. In view of experimental tests, it turned out that equilibrium reached in 140 min, and at a concentration of 5 ppm, the removal efficiency of approximately 100% was achieved. The highest rifampin removal was observed at 25 °C. The kinetics and isotherm studies let out that the experimental results followed pseudo-second-order, Elovich, and Langmuir models. It is fair to suggest that based on the results, Luffa biomaterial could be nominated as a sustainable, non-toxic and rifampin removal that can adsorb it from aqueous solutions

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    Mehrdad Negarestani

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Negarestani, M., Lashkari, A., Khadir, A., Mollahosseini, A. (2021). Removal of Rifampin by Luffa: A Pharmaceutical Potential in Producing Dye in Water. In: Muthu, S.S., Khadir, A. (eds) Novel Materials for Dye-containing Wastewater Treatment . Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2892-4_9

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