Surfactant properties and tetrachloroethene (PCE) solubilisation ability of humic acid-like substances extracted from maize plant and from organic wastes: A comparative study

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1017-1022

  Adani, Fabrizio ^a   Tambone, Fulvia ^a   Davoli, Enrico ^b   Scaglia, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosurfactant; Critical micelle concentration; Humic acid like substance; Maize plant residues; Tetrachloroethene

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC LOGGING; ORGANIC ACIDS; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WASTES;

BIO SURFACTANT; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION (CMC); HUMIC ACID-LIKE SUBSTANCES; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOSITION; MAIZE PLANTS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; TETRACHLOROETHENE;

MICELLES;

BIOSURFACTANT; HUMIC ACID; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLUTION; DRY MATTER; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAIZE; PARTITIONING; PLANT RESIDUE; SOLUBILIZATION; SURFACTANT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION AND EXTRACTS; MAIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; PHYSICAL PHASE; PLANT RESIDUE; PLANT YIELD; SOLUBILITY; SOLUBILIZATION; SURFACE TENSION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 75149163556     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.11.039     Document Type: Article

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