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Adsorption Capacity of Vitamin B12and Creatinine on Highly-Mesoporous Activated Carbons Obtained from Lignocellulosic Raw Materials

Journal

MOLECULES
Volume 25, Issue 13, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules25133095

Keywords

activated carbons; walnut shells; apple-tree wood; lignocellulosic raw materials; adsorption capacity; highly mesoporous materials; creatinine; vitamin B12

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  1. European Commission [734641]
  2. Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [734641] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)

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Enterosorbents are widely-used materials for human body detoxification, which function by immobilizing and eliminating endogenous and exogenous toxins. Here, activated carbons, obtained from the lignocellulosic raw vegetal materials of indigenous provenance, have been studied. Walnut shell and wood from local species of nuts and apple-trees were carbonized, and further activated at high temperatures with water vapors in a rotary kiln. A second activation was carried out, in a fluidized bed reactor, but for shorter times. The textural properties of the samples were determined from the adsorption isotherms of nitrogen at 77 K, allowing the obtaining of highly mesoporous materials, while the adsorption capacity permitted an essential rise of six to seven times in the maximal adsorption values of the metabolites, which was determined by the reactivation process. A kinetic study of vitamin B(12)and creatinine immobilization was performed, the optimal immobilization time for the apple-tree wood reactivated carbons being 2 times longer than for those originating from walnut shells. An additional investigation was also performed in specific conditions that simulate the real environment of immobilization: the temperature of a febrile human body (at the temperatureT= 38 degrees C) and the characteristic acidity of the urinary tract and stomach (at the pH of 5.68 and 2.53, respectively). The activated carbonic adsorbents studied here, together with the results of the immobilization studies, show that these procedures can conduct a good incorporation of some endogenous metabolic products, such as vitamin B(12)and creatinine, therefore presenting a good opportunity for their use as forthcoming commercial enterosorbents.

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