ANALYSIS OF HEDYCHIUM FLAVUM WASTE POWDER AS A POTENT HEAVY METAL ADSORBENT

Abstract

Hedychium flavum, a medicinal, edible, and ornamental plant, is widely cultivated in India. Essential oils from the plant are used for various medical purposes and the leftover plant residue after oil extraction is discarded as a waste. An attempt was made to explore the used of this waste to remove heavy metals from wastewater was analysed. Result shows that the waste powder can be used effectively for metal removal. Hedychium flavum sequence was submitted to the NCBI database to procure accession numbers MN988619.