Extraction and characterization of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) coir dust

Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 717-724

  Israel, A U ^a   Ogali, R E ^b   Akaranta, O ^b   Obot, I B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agricultural byproduct; Characterization; Coir dust; Extraction; Phytochemical screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856338619     PISSN: 01253395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Aaron, J.R. 1982. Conifer Barks - Its Properties and Uses. Forestry Commission Forestry Record No. 110 HMSO, London pp. 1-23.
2. Abad, M., Nougera, P., Punchades, R; Maqueira, A. and Nouguera, V. 2002. Physicochemical and chemical properties of some coconut coir dust for use as a peat substitute. Bioresource Technology. 83(2), 241-245.
3. Anirudhan, T.S. and Unnithan, M.R. 2007. Arsenic (V.) Removal from Aqueous Solutions using an Anion Exchanger Derived from Coconut Coir Pith and its Recovery. Chemosphere. 66, 60-66.
4. AOAC. 1975. Association of Official Analytical Chemist Method of Analysis, 12th ed. Benjamin Franklin Station. Washing D.C. William Horowitz, U.S.A.
5. Billimeyer, J.W. 1980. Textbook of Polymer Science. John Wiley and Sons Inc. New York, U.S.A. pp. 153-181.
6. Browning B.L. 1990. The Chemistry of Wood. 4th ed. Inter-Science Publishers.Inc. New York, U.S.A. pp. 56-63.
7. Carrijo, D.A, Liz, R.S. and Makishima, N. 2002. Fiber of Green Coconut Shell as Agricultural Subtractum. Brazilian Horticulture. 20, 533-535.
8. Casey, J.P. 1980. Pulp and Paper Chemistry and Chemical Technology 3rd edn., Wiley Interscience Publishers, New York, U.S.A.
9. Deshpande, S.S., Cheryan, M. and Salunkhe, D.K. 1986. Tannin analysis of food products. CRC. Crit. Rev. CRC Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 24, 401-409.
10. Evans, M. R., Knoduru, S. and Stamps, R. H. 1996. Source Variation in Physical and Chemical Properties of Coconut coir dust. HortScience. 31:965-967.
11. Festin, T. F. and Jose, W. I. 1980. Utilization of Waste Coconut Coir Dust as a Source of Fuel. Conversation and Recycling 3, 383-388
12. Gaballah, I; Gey, D; Allain; Kilbertus, G. and Thauront, J. 1997. Recovery of Copper through Decontamination of Synthetic Solutions using Modified Barks. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B28 B: 13-23.
13. Giner-Chavez, B. I. 1996. Condensed Tannins in Tropical forages. Ph. D. Thesis (unpublished). Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. U. S. A.
14. Gonzalez-Vila, F. J; Bautista, J. M; Gutierrez, A; Del Rio, J. C. and Gonzalez, A. G. (2000). Supercritical Carbon Dioxide extraction of Lipids from Eucalyptus globules wood. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods 43, 345-351.
15. Hume, E. P. (1949). Coir Dust or Cocopeat a by-product of Coconut. Economic Botany. 3, 42-45.
16. Igwe, J. C. and Abia, A. A. (2003). Maizecob and Husk as adsorbents for removal of Pb, Zn ions from Wastewater. The Physical Science. 2, 83-94.
17. Johnson, B. F, Grady, J. O. and Bye, C. (1978). The influence of Digoxin Particle size on Adsorption of Digoxin and the effect of propantheline and Metaclopramide. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. 5, 465-467.
18. Joseph, E. T and Sarma, V. C. (1997). Coconut Fibre Morphology and Chemical Composition. Journal of Food Science, 67(1), 420-424.
19. Kantz, K. K. and Singleton, V. L. 1991. Isolation and determination of polymeric polyphenols using Sephadex LH-20 and analysis of grape tissue extracts. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 42, 306-316.
20. Kim, K. H; Tucker, M. P; Keller, F. A; Aden, A. and Nguyen, Q. A. 2001. Continuous Countercurrent Extraction of Hemicellulose from Pretreated Wood Residues. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. (91-93), 253-259.
21. Krishnani, K. K; Parmala, V. and Meng, X. (2004). Detoxification of Chromium (VI) in Coastal Wastes using Lignocellulosic Agricultural wastes. Water SA. 30 (4), 541-545.
22. Low, K. S; Lee, C. K. and Leo, A. C. 1995. Removal of Metals from Electroplating Wastes using Banana pith. Bioresource Technology. 51 (2-3), 227-231.
23. Mererow, A. W. 1994. Growth of two sub-tropical ornamental plants using coir (coconut mesocarp pith) as a peat substitute. HortScience. 29, 1484-1486.
24. Nada, A. M. A, Eid, R. M, Elbahnasawy, M. A. and Khalifa, M. N. 2002. Preparation and Characterization of Cation Exchangers from Agricultural Residues. Journal of Appliced Polymer Science. 85, 792-800.
25. Pansera, M. R., Iob, G. A., Atti-Santos, A. C., Rosatto, M., Atti-Serafini, L. and Cassel, E. 2004. Extraction of Tannins from Acacia mearnsii with Supercritical fluids. International Journal of Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology. 47 (6), 995-998.
26. Perez-Marin, A. B., Mesequer, Z. V., Ortuno, J. F., Aguilar, M., Saez, J. and Llovens, M. 2007. Removal of Cadmium from Aqueous Solutions by Adsorption unto Orange waste. Journal of Hazard Mater. B(139), 122-131.
27. Pizzi, A. (1978). Tannin Formaldehyde Exterior Wood adhesives through Flavonoid B-ring Crosslinking. Journal of Appliced Polymer Science. 22, 2397-2399.
28. Pizzi, A. and Scharfetter, H. O. 1978. The Chemistry and Development of Tannin-based Adhesives for Exterior Plywood. Journal of Appliced Polymer Science. 22, 174-1761.
29. Pizzi A. and Roux, D. G. 1978. The chemistry and the development of Tannin-Based weather and Boil Proof Cold- Setting and Fast -Setting Adhesives for Wood. Journal of Appliced Polymer Science. 22, 1945-1954.
30. Randall, J. M; Reuter, F. C. and Waiss, A. C. 1994. Removal of Cupric ions from solution by contact with peanut skins. Journal of Appliced Polymer Science. 19, 156-171.
31. Reynolds, S. G. 1974. Preliminary Studies in Western Samoa using various parts of Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera L.) as growing media. Acta Horticulture. 37, 1983-1991.
32. Roux, D. G. 1951. Photometric Method of Tannins Analysis for Black wattle tannins. Journal of the Society of Leather Trade Chemists. 35, 322.
33. Schwanninger, M. and Hinterstoisser, B. 2002. Chemical wood extraction method using a Soxhlet apparatus with an advanced extraction method. Holzs foh-unwerstoff 60, 343-346.
34. Sjostrom, E. 1993. Wood Chemistry - Fundamentals and Application. 2nd edn. Academic Press Inc., SanDiego. California.
35. Sofowora, A. 1984. Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine in Africa. John Wiley and Sons. Ltd, London. pp. 100-102.
36. Sze-Tao, K. W. C, Schrimpf, J. E, Teuber, S. S, Roux, K. H. and Sathe, S. K. 2001. Effects of Processing and Storage on Walnut (Juglans regia L.) Tannins. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 81, 1215-1222.
37. Tan, W. T; Ooi, S. T. and Lee, G. K. 1993. Removal of Cr (VI) from Solution by Coconut Husk and Palm Pressesd Fibres Environ. Technology. 14(3), 277-282.
38. Tanigami, T; Iwata, H. and Mori, T. 2007. Ion Exchange Membrane based on poly (styrene sulphonic acid-co-N (2-hydroxyethyl) acrylamide. Journal of Appliced Polymer Science. 103, 2788-2796.
39. Tejano, E. A. 1985. State of the Art of Coconut Coir Dust and Husk Utilization (general overview). Philippine Journal of Coconut studies 1:1-7.
40. Trease, G. E. and Evans, W. C. 1989. Pharmacognosy. Evans and Sons Ltd., London. 832 Pp.
41. Umoren, S. A; Umoudoh, A. J. and Akpabio, U. D. 2004. Conversion of Agricultural Wastes to Cellulose Derivatives. Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences 23C (1), 9-13.
42. Vasudevan, P. and Sarma, N. L. N. 1979. Composite Cation Exchangers. Journal of Appliced Polymer Science. 23, 1443-1448.
43. Veglio, F. and Beolchini, F. 1997. Removal of metal by biosorption; a review. Hydrometallurgy 44, 301-316.
44. Vidhana, A. L. P. and Somasiri, L. L. W. 1997. Use of Coir Dust on the Productivity of Coconut on Sandy Soils. Cocos 12, 54-71.