Ultrasound pre-treatment for enhanced biodegradability of the distillery wastewater

Studies were carried out to the find out the efficacy of the ultrasonic irradiation as a pre-treatment step for the treatment of one of the polluting industrial effluents, the distillery spentwash. Experiments were carried out on the fresh and stored effluent samples. The effect of the ultrasound exposure on the biodegradability of the effluent was monitored by carrying out its subsequent aerobic oxidation. A comparison has been made between the efficacies of the pre-treated samples with the untreated samples. The results indicate that the ultrasound seems to increase the attractiveness of the conventional aerobic oxidation process by increasing their initial rates of degradation.     

High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatographic Quantification of Kaempferol and Apigenin in the Whole-Plant Powder of Sida spinosa Linn

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - Sida spinosa Linn. (synonyms: S. alba L., S. angustifolia Lam., S. angustifolia Mill.), Malvaceae, is an annual erect, branched...