Performance evaluation of Moringa oleifera seeds aqueous extract for removing Microcystis aeruginosa and microcystins from municipal treated-water

Haifa A. S. Alhaithloul, Zakaria A. Mohamed, Abdullah A. Saber, Ibtisam Mohammed Alsudays, Mohamed A. Abdein, Mesfer M. Alqahtani, Noha G. AbuSetta, Amr Elkelish, Leonardo Martín Pérez, Fauzeya Mateq Albalwe, Asmaa A. Bakr · 2024

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Haifa Alhaithloul, Zakaria Mohamed, Abdullah Saber, and a wider team wrote this research paper, published in 2024. It tests a water extract of moringa seeds as a natural treatment for removing toxic algae and their poisons from treated city wastewater.

The target is Microcystis aeruginosa, a widespread cyanobacterium that releases microcystins, toxins dangerous to water life and to people. The team tried four doses of the seed extract in standard clumping tests. They tracked how many algal cells were removed, how cloudy the water stayed, and where the toxins ended up: dissolved, in the remaining particles, or trapped in the sludge. Chemical analysis measured the toxin in each fraction. The study weighs moringa, a cheap plant material, as a greener stand-in for chemical coagulants in water treatment.

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CREATORHaifa A. S. Alhaithloul, Zakaria A. Mohamed, Abdullah A. Saber, Ibtisam Mohammed Alsudays, Mohamed A. Abdein, Mesfer M. Alqahtani, Noha G. AbuSetta, Amr Elkelish, Leonardo Martín Pérez, Fauzeya Mateq Albalwe, Asmaa A. Bakr
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE30 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10868579

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