ArticleEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2018
Melanin-embedded materials effectively remove hexavalent chromium (Cr
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- Health Risk Evaluation of Trace Elements in Geophagic Kaolinitic Clays within Eastern Dahomey and Niger Delta Basins, Nigeria.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Synthetic melanin nanoparticles as peroxynitrite scavengers, photothermal anticancer and heavy metals removal platforms.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Review
- Photocatalytic Reduction of Cr(VI) in the Presence of Humic Acid Using Immobilized Ce-ZrONanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Health risk assessments of arsenic and toxic heavy metal exposure in drinking water in northeast Iran.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2019Article
- Nanomelanin Potentially Protects the Spleen from Radiotherapy-Associated Damage and Enhances Immunoactivity in Tumor-Bearing Mice.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Adsorption of molybdenum by melanin.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundCurrently, it is recognized that water polluted with toxic heavy metal ions may cause serious effects on human health. Therefore, the development of new materials for effective removal of heavy metal ions from water is still a widely important area. Melanin is being considered as a potential material for removal of heavy metal from water.
methodsIn this study, we synthesized two melanin-embedded beads from two different melanin powder sources and named IMB (Isolated Melanin Bead originated from squid ink sac) and CMB (Commercial Melanin Bead originated from sesame seeds). These beads were of globular shape and 2-3 mm in diameter. We investigated and compared the sorption abilities of these two bead materials toward hexavalent-chromium (Cr
resultsThe optimized conditions for isotherm sorption of Cr
conclusionsTaken together, our study suggests that IMB has great potential as a bead material for the elimination of Cr
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