Optimization of a method to extract the active coagulant agent from jatropha curcas seeds for use in turbidity removal.

• Main Authors: Zainal Abidin, Zurina, Sobri, Shafreeza, Mohd Shamsudin, Nur Syuriati, Madehi, Norhafizah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28464/1/Optimization%20of%20a%20method%20to%20extract%20the%20active%20coagulant%20agent%20from%20jatropha%20curcas%20seeds%20for%20use%20in%20turbidity%20removal.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28464/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

An improved and alternative method for the extraction of the active coagulant agent from Jatropha curcas seeds was developed and compared with the conventional water extraction method (JCSC-DW). In the new method, the seeds were extracted using different solvents in different concentrations, using N...