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Removal of Cefixime from Water Using Rice Starch by Response Surface Methodology.
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Avicenna journal of medical biotechnology [Avicenna J Med Biotechnol] 2020 Oct-Dec; Vol. 12 (4), pp. 230-235. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Background: Remaining pharmaceutical compounds cause environmental pollution. Therefore, refining these compounds has become a major challenge. In this study, the function of eliminating Cefixime (CFX) using rice starch was evaluated under controlled conditions.<br />Methods: Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was used to design, analyze, and optimize experiments, and the interaction between four variables including pH (3-9), rice starch dose (0-300 mg/L ), CFX initial concentration (0-16 mg/L ) and time (20-120 min ) was investigated on CFX removal.<br />Results: The optimum pH, starch dose, initial concentration and time were 4.5, 225 mg/L , 7.9 mg/L and 95 min , respectively. The maximum efficiency of CFX removal was 70.22%. According to RSM, this study follows a quadratic model (R <superscript>2</superscript> =0.954).<br />Conclusion: Rice starch has been successful in removing CFX from the aqueous solution. Therefore, it is recommended to utilize this process to remove CFX from aqueous solutions.<br /> (Copyright© 2020 Avicenna Research Institute.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2008-2835
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Avicenna journal of medical biotechnology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33014314