23Nov 2016

“Alkaloids removal from popular Indian brands of cigarettes using low cost adsorbents”.

  • Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, SHIATS, Allahabad.
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The study aims to investigate the alkaloid concentration in five brands of cigarettes (Indian brands-Moments, capstan, goldflake, tambaku and bidi) and removal of these alkaloid in different contact time using various low cost adsorbents (Sawdust, bagasse, green tea leaves, coconut fiber, neem bark and green tea waste). These adsorbents are cheap source agriculture waste and industrial by-products, which are easily available. They can absorb the alkaloids on their surface, thus can remove alkaloids and reduce the toxic effect of tobacco. Their adsorption capacity depends upon the weight of adsorbent used and their contact time with the alkaloid. The alkaloid removal using low cost adsorbents in the above extracts showed a variation in their adsorption properties. For moments, lowest percentage removal was observed at 60 mins by sawdust adsorbent of 10.01% which increased upto 13.4% as the duration of contact increased (480 mins) with adsorbent. Bagasse did not showed a very significant result ranging from 12.886% to 13.99%. Highest percentage of alkaloid was seen in case of green tea (13.892%) at 60 mins. Coconut fiber showed an average percentage of 12-13%. The adsorbent which showed best result against these alkaloid extract were Sawdust, green tea leaves and green tea wastes. In some cases, as the time increased, adsorption capacity increased but, after certain period of time, removal starts decreasing. The study revealed that sawdust, green tea leaves, green tea waste turned out to be better adsorbent while bagasse and neem bark turned out to be less efficient.


[Najla Habeeb Elhadi Mohamed and Amit Chattree. (2016); “Alkaloids removal from popular Indian brands of cigarettes using low cost adsorbents”. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Nov). 565-571] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Najla Habeeb Elhadi Mohamed


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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2120      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2120