Environmental friendly method for the extraction of cellulose from Triflolium
resopinatum and its characterization
Accepted 8th April, 2018
Noor Rehman1*, Sultan Alam2,
Inamullah Mian2, Hidayat Ullah3
1Department of Chemistry, Shaheed
Banazir Bhutto University (18000) Sheringal, Dir
(Upper) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 2Department of Chemistry, University
of Malakand (18800) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 3Institute of Chemical Sciences,
University of Peshawar (25000) Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
The leaves of
Triflolium resopinatum
were collected and converted into powder. The
ground biomass was treated with different
solvents in the Soxhlet apparatus for the
removal of soluble extractive and wax substance.
For bond breaking, the alkaline substance was
kept in the autoclave.
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and
hydrogen peroxide was used for the removal of
most polar substances. Furthermore, raw
cellulose was purified through acetic acid and
nitric acid. Double distilled water was
thereafter used for the neutralization of pH.
The analysis of purified cellulose was carried
out through different procedures such as X-ray
Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transfer Infrared
Spectroscopy (FTIR), Thermogravimetric Analysis
(TGA) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM).
The extracted cellulose has high crystallinity,
thermal stability and good mechanical
properties.
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Cite this article as: Rehman N, Alam S, Mian I,
Ullah H (2018). Environmental friendly method for the extraction of cellulose
from Triflolium resopinatum and its characterization. J. Biol. Ser. 1(2):
048-053.
