Disinfection studies of Nahar (Mesua ferrea) seed kernel oil using pour plate method

作者：Adewale Ahmed Idris; Mirghani Mohamed Elwathig Saeed^*; Muyibi Suleyman Aremu; Daoud Jamal Ibrahim; Abimbola Mikail Maryam

来源：African Journal of Biotechnology, 2011, 10(81): 18749-18754.

DOI：10.5897/AJB11.2747

• Nahar (Mesua ferrea) seed kernel oil
• extraction
• gum Arabic
• disinfection
• kinetics

As a result of disinfection byproducts (DBP) concerns from chlorine, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as the water treatment industry, place more emphasis on the use of disinfectants other than chlorine. Disinfection also plays a key role in the reclamation and reuse of wastewater for eliminating infectious diseases, and to augment domestic water supply and decrease the impact of human activities on the environment. The aims of this study were thus: to investigate the potential of the Nahar seed kernel oil (NSKO) as an alternative natural disinfectant, and to study its disinfection kinetics. Heterotrophic plate count, using CFU/ml, pour plate method, 35 degrees C / 48 h, plate count agar were employed to evaluate the disinfection and its kinetics. The result obtained showed that NSKO has a remarkable disinfection potential and the kinetics studies suggested that NSKO fitted first-order model with a k value of -0.040.

• 出版日期2011-12-16