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Recovery of body Electrolytes from some agro-waste by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy and Simple Titration Methods.
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WARIBO HELEN ANTHONY, ALLEN DABOIKIABO, GEORGE DAYE MANDY C
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Dry ash of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L) and unripe plantain (Musa pardisaca) peels, an agricultural waste was evaluated for nutritive and electrolyte elements by simple titration and spectroscopic method. 100g of the dry ash of Red Mangrove bark and unripe plantain peels were dissolved in 500cm3of distilled water and was titrated against a standard solution of CH3COOH, HCl and H2SO4 concentrations ranging from 0.5 – 2.0mole. Atomic absorption spectrometer (Flame AAS) was used to assess the electrolytes and the results obtained from the titration reaction showed that there were high levels of electrolytes in both H2SO4 and HCl, but low levels in CH3COOH. This method was successfully used to evaluate the nutritive and electrolyte value of mangrove bark ash and unripe plantain peels aqueous extract. Results show that these plant materials are a good source of body electrolytes and best of the electrolytes availability can be obtained from HCl which gave the highest concentration in 1.5Molar concentration in Red mangrove bark ash while highest available electrolyte content was gotten in H2SO4 media in the concentration of 2. 0Molar for plantain peel ash. The acids used were able to recover a significant amount of crude body electrolytes with potassium and sodium being the highest amongst these electrolytes. The recovery was dependent on the molar concentrations of the acids used. The high potassium content in these agro-wastes could be exploited not only as a raw material for our indigenous soap industries but also in the treatment of soil acidity. Again, the high levels of potassium to sodium could be a very good nutraceutical agent to reduce blood pressure and prevent health-threatening ailments such as hypertension and arteriosclerosis. The agro-waste are good sources of crude essential body electrolytes which needed to be purified using biotechnology. The approach was straightforward, low-cost, time-saving, environmentally sustainable, and dependable.
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Electrolytes, Plantain peel, Red mangrove bark, Spectroscopic method,Titration.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.03.181
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