The sunflower plant family for bioenergy, environmental remediation, nanotechnology, medicine, food and agriculture: a review

Nguyen, Duyen Thi Cam; Nguyen, Thuong Thi; Le, Hanh T.N.; Bạch, Long Giang; Nguyen, Trinh Duy; Vo, Dai‐Viet N.; Tran, Thuan Van

doi:10.1007/s10311-021-01266-z

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“…On the other hand, there are some added potential facets of invasive plants, such as food sources, ornamental benefits, cosmetics, utilizations in vector bone control, medicine, bioenergy, and green synthesis of materials (Nguyen et al 2021d). For instance, the extraction of flowering plant Lantana camara could be applied as mosquito repellent (Sharma et al 2021).…”

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“…Although there are some detrimental effects on the ecology, economy, and human health of such species, they are exploited as animal feed, food source, ornamental, and traditional medicine (Feng et al 2021). Because of their abundant biomass, several exotic species have exhibited added values for paper production (Starešinič et al 2021) and cosmetics (Nguyen et al 2021d).…”

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Invasive plants as biosorbents for environmental remediation: a review

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Water contamination is an environmental burden for the next generations, calling for advanced methods such as adsorption to remove pollutants. For instance, unwanted biowaste and invasive plants can be converted into biosorbents for environmental remediation. This would partly solve the negative effects of invasive plants, estimated at 120 billion dollars in the USA.Here we review the distribution, impact, and use of invasive plants for water treatment, with emphasis on the preparation of biosorbents and removal of pollutants such as cadmium, lead, copper, zinc, nickel, mercury, chromate, synthetic dyes, and fossil fuels. Those biosorbents can remove 90-99% heavy metals from aqueous solutions. High adsorption capacities of 476.190 mg/g for synthetic dyes and 211 g/g for diesel oils have been observed. We also discuss the regeneration of these biosorbents.

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Invasive plants as biosorbents for environmental remediation: a review

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“…In addition, activated carbon is usually also used for air filtration and treatment of exhaust gases or emissions (Bader et al, 2019;Rodríguez-Sánchez et al, 2022). Activated carbon is also a porous material that can be produced from agricultural and food waste (Daouda et al, 2021;Durán et al, 2022;Kosheleva et al, 2019;Nguyen et al, 2021;Ratan et al, 2018;Sujiono et al, 2022). The agricultural waste such as wheat straw, corn cobs, stalks and rice husks have potential as precursors in the synthesis of activated carbon.…”

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An Improvement of Catalytic Converter Activity Using Copper Coated Activated Carbon Derived from Banana Peel

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Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

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The emission of nitrogen oxide (NOx), nitrogen monoxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO) from vehicle exhaust gas generates an adverse effect to the environment as well as the human health. Therefore, the need to reduce such emission is urgent. The decrease of the emission can be achieved through the use of catalytic converter. This study explains the application of catalytic converter prepared from activated carbon to enhance the activity through its adsorption ability. The activated carbon was derived from banana peels after heating them up at 400 ºC for 1.5 hours and activation using natrium hydroxide (NaOH). Several techniques including N2 adsorption-desorption, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy-Electron Dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX), and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) were adopted to characterize the activated carbon properties. The activated carbon formed was then coated with copper. The activity of the catalytic converter using activated carbon coated with copper was then tested for its performance on diesel engine Yanmar TF 70 LY-DI with variations in the number of catalyst layers, namely 1 layer (C1), 2 layers (C2) and 3 layers (C3). Sample with three layers (C3) of catalyst exhibited the highest activity with the percentage efficiency in reducing emissions concentration of 48.76 %; 31.27 % and 29.35 % for NOx, NO and CO, respectively.

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“…The biological bottom-up method is the most adequate for the green synthesis of ZrO 2 nanoparticles because it offers an effective, tunable, and eco-friendly approach (Shafey 2020 ). The biogenic synthesis uses low-cost and locally available sources such as plants or other biocompatible sources such as fungi, algae, and bacteria for ZrO 2 fabrication (Rana et al 2020 ; Nguyen et al 2021d ). The biomolecules extracted from the biological sources play a vital role as extremely efficient bioreducing, biocapping, and biostabilizing agents, bringing excellent ZrO 2 production yields (Bandeira et al 2020 ).…”

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Green synthesis of ZrO2 nanoparticles and nanocomposites for biomedical and environmental applications: a review

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Pollution and diseases such as the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) are major issues that may be solved partly by nanotechnology. Here we review the synthesis of ZrO 2 nanoparticles and their nanocomposites using compounds from bacteria, fungi, microalgae, and plants. For instance, bacteria, microalgae, and fungi secret bioactive metabolites such as fucoidans, digestive enzymes, and proteins, while plant tissues are rich in reducing sugars, polyphenols, flavonoids, saponins, and amino acids. These compounds allow reducing, capping, chelating, and stabilizing during the transformation of Zr 4+ into ZrO 2 nanoparticles. Green ZrO 2 nanoparticles display unique properties such as a nanoscale size of 5–50 nm, diverse morphologies, e.g. nanospheres, nanorods and nanochains, and wide bandgap energy of 3.7–5.5 eV. Their high stability and biocompatibility are suitable biomedical and environmental applications, such as pathogen and cancer inactivation, and pollutant removal. Emerging applications of green ZrO 2 -based nanocomposites include water treatment, catalytic reduction, nanoelectronic devices, and anti-biofilms.

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The sunflower plant family for bioenergy, environmental remediation, nanotechnology, medicine, food and agriculture: a review

Cited by 27 publications

References 186 publications

Invasive plants as biosorbents for environmental remediation: a review

Invasive plants as biosorbents for environmental remediation: a review

An Improvement of Catalytic Converter Activity Using Copper Coated Activated Carbon Derived from Banana Peel

Green synthesis of ZrO2 nanoparticles and nanocomposites for biomedical and environmental applications: a review

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