Unconventional chromatographic uses for food

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Banana peel

Adsorption of the Prototype Anionic Anthraquinone, Acid Blue 25, on a Modified Banana Peel: Comparison with Equilibrium and Kinetic Ligand–Receptor Biochemical Data

Maria Giovanna Guiso, Raffaela Biesuz, Teresa Vilariño, Marta López-García, Pilar Rodríguez Barro, and Manuel E. Sastre de Vicente

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2014, 53 (6), pp 2251–2260

Publication Date (Web): January 22, 2014 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ie402900n

Banana Peel as an Adsorbent for Removing Atrazine and Ametryne from Waters

Claudineia R. Silva, Taciana F. Gomes, Graziela C. R. M. Andrade, Sergio H. Monteiro, Ana C. R. Dias, Elias A. G. Zagatto, and Valdemar L. Tornisielo

J. Agric. Food Chem., 2013, 61 (10), pp 2358–2363

Publication Date (Web): January 10, 2013 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/jf304742h

Banana Peel Applied to the Solid Phase Extraction of Copper and Lead from River Water: Preconcentration of Metal Ions with a Fruit Waste

Renata S. D. Castro, Laércio Caetano, Guilherme Ferreira, Pedro M. Padilha, Margarida J. Saeki, Luiz F. Zara, Marco Antonio U. Martines, and Gustavo R. Castro

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2011, 50 (6), pp 3446–3451

Publication Date (Web): February 16, 2011 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ie101499e

French Green Clay

Poultice cures Buruli ulcer (flesh eating mycobacterium)

Sugarcane Bagasee

Thiol functionalized sugarcane bagasse – A low cost adsorbent for mercury remediation from compact fluorescent bulbs and contaminated water streams
Avinash Guptaa, b, S.R. Vidyarthib, Nalini Sankararamakrishnana,

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Available online 15 May 2014, ISSN 2213-3437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2014.05.010