Competitive Adsorption of Caffeine and Diclofenac Sodium onto Biochars Derived from Fique Bagasse: An Immersion Calorimetry Study.

ABSTRACT: Pharmaceuticals, including caffeine (CFN) and diclofenac sodium (DCF), are a group of emerging pollutants which have the capacity to prompt harmful effects in flora and fauna, even at relatively low concentrations. Additionally, CFN has been determined as one of the most ubiquitous active compounds in the natural environment, whereas DCF is a widely used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that has been detected in environmental sources around the world. Conversely, the fique is a plant of the Agavaceae family and of the Fucraea genus.Two native species are cultivated in Colombia, Furcraea cabuya and Furcrae macrophylla, in order to extract their fiber, but in this process a lot of waste is produced. In this study, with the fique residues, thermochemical treatments were carri

SUBMITTER: Correa-Navarro YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9850469 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature