{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Dev S"],"funding":["National Institute of General Medical Sciences","NIGMS NIH HHS"],"pagination":["17215-17222"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7376897"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["5(28)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Selenium (Se) contamination in natural waters impacted by anthropogenic activities is becoming a prevalent and widespread problem. Investigation of novel, low-cost, and sustainable food-waste-sourced adsorbents for Se removal has largely been unexplored. Here, we report on the Se(IV) biosorption from a liquid solution using three waste-derived/low-cost biosorbents, namely citrus peels (bare), Ca-alginate gel beads, and Ca-alginate-citrus peels composite beads (Ca-alginate@citrus). The entrapment of citrus peels by Ca-alginate not only provided a structural framework for the citrus peel particles but also preserved the high-efficiency Se(IV) removal property of the citrus peels. From the modeling results, it was established that Se(IV) biosorption followed the fixed-film diffusion model, al"],"journal":["ACS omega"],"pubmed_title":["Adsorptive Removal of Se(IV) by Citrus Peels: Effect of Adsorbent Entrapment in Calcium Alginate Beads."],"pmcid":["PMC7376897"],"funding_grant_id":["UL1GM118991, TL, RL5GM118990","RL5 GM118990","UL1 GM118991"],"pubmed_authors":["Khamkhash A","Ghosh T","Dev S","Aggarwal S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Adsorptive Removal of Se(IV) by Citrus Peels: Effect of Adsorbent Entrapment in Calcium Alginate Beads.","description":"Selenium (Se) contamination in natural waters impacted by anthropogenic activities is becoming a prevalent and widespread problem. Investigation of novel, low-cost, and sustainable food-waste-sourced adsorbents for Se removal has largely been unexplored. Here, we report on the Se(IV) biosorption from a liquid solution using three waste-derived/low-cost biosorbents, namely citrus peels (bare), Ca-alginate gel beads, and Ca-alginate-citrus peels composite beads (Ca-alginate@citrus). The entrapment of citrus peels by Ca-alginate not only provided a structural framework for the citrus peel particles but also preserved the high-efficiency Se(IV) removal property of the citrus peels. From the modeling results, it was established that Se(IV) biosorption followed the fixed-film diffusion model, al","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Jul","modification":"2025-04-19T11:38:59.041Z","creation":"2025-04-19T11:38:59.041Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7376897","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32715207"],"doi":["10.1021/acsomega.0c01347"]}}