“…Recently, a great deal of attention has been directed towards the production of bioadsorbents from natural polymers, such as starch (9) , lignin (10) , cellulose (1,8,11,12) , chitin/chitosan (13,14) and agricultural wastes (15) . These bioadsorbents are renewable and have many advantages over traditional adsorbents, such as cost-effective, biodegradability, non toxicity, environmentally friendly materials, hydrophilicity and good reusability (15)(16)(17) .…”