title: Adsorption and adsorption mechanism of rice bran for chloroform from tap water.
abstract: We have found that rice bran effectively adsorbed chloroform from tap water. The amount of chloroform adsorbed was plotted against the equilibrium concentration of chloroform in solution on a logarithmic scale. A linear relationship was obtained, indicating that the adsorption reaction was a Freundlich type. The removal of chloroform by rice bran was attributed to the uptake into intracellular particles called spherosomes.
authors.affiliation: Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Japan. a-adachi@kobepharma-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okano
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000873:Anthracenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002606:Charcoal / Q000737:chemistry; D002725:Chloroform / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000032:analysis; D012275:Oryza / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002606:Charcoal; D002725:Chloroform; C034020:anthracene