Characterization of crude extracts from willow barks and their performance as proanthocyanidin -based coagulants in water treatment

Jinze Dou; Adedayo Bello; Jari Koivisto; Kristoffer Meinander; Tiina Leiviskä; Tapani Vuorinen

doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.117962

Characterization of crude extracts from willow barks and their performance as proanthocyanidin -based coagulants in water treatment

Jinze Dou^*, Adedayo Bello, Jari Koivisto, Kristoffer Meinander, Tiina Leiviskä, Tapani Vuorinen

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University of Oulu

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This work investigates the proanthocyanidin profile of willow bark crude extracts and these materials were cationized and preliminarily tested as biocoagulants for water treatment. The characteristics of crude extracts proanthocyanidin were investigated using size exclusion chromatography (SEC), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). XPS analysis indicates that the crude extracts contain significant amounts of sugars. Furthermore, SEC and liquid-state NMR spectroscopy showed that crude extract contains roughly 3–4 flavan-3-ol units with procyanidin (PC)/ prodelphinidin (PD) ratio of roughly 3–5. Thus, the modified form of tannin (proanthocyanidin-enriched) coagulants obtained the higher cationic charge density. The coagulation experiments with kaolin-river water mixture suggested that all the selected willow hybrids’ tannin coagulants were effective in settling the particles down. This study indicates that the value of willow bark can be significantly improved by the usage of crude extracts for water treatment.

Original language	English
Article number	117962
Number of pages	8
Journal	Industrial Crops and Products
Volume	209
Early online date	5 Jan 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.117962
Publication status	Published - Mar 2024
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Biocoagulant
Colloids destabilization
Proanthocyanidins
Surface water treatment
Willow bark crude extracts

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