Extraction of saponine from danfaraa plant roots from Gurhengwal town, Askira/Uba local government of Borno state Nigeria
- December 4, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS Team
- Categories: Chemistry, IJRSI
International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VII, Issue XI, November 2020 | ISSN 2321–2705
Bala Adamu Thliza1, Joseph Jauro Deshi2 and Edmond Moses3
1Department of Chemistry, University of Maiduguri, P.M.B 1069 Maiduguri, Borno State. Nigeria.
2,3Department of Chemistry, Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola, P. M. B. 2076 Yola, Adamawa State Nigeria.
Corresponding Author*
Abstract
Danfaraa plant roots shows higher sorption behaviour property as well as foam capacity far better than some commercial surfactants eg, good mama that was used in the study. This saponin-based surfactant is significantly environmentally friendly and shows better biodegradability than the commercial surfactants. The natural surfactant from dafaraa. Cissuspopulnea plants roots will contribute to efforts in diversify the Nigerians economy, a way to solve the problem of non-biodegradable, high price and non-environmentally friendly phenomenon that exists in the production of comercial surfactant such as good mama and can add value to green chemistry and sustainable development and exploitation of the cleansing properties of saponin present in dafaraa plants.
Introduction
Surfactants are routinely deposited in numerous ways on land and into water systems, whether as part of an intended process or as industrial and house hold waste. Some of them are known to be toxic to animals, ecosystems, and humans and can increase the diffusion of other environmental contaminants (Azab, 2001).
The through and search for natural surfactant have limit the environmental hazard of soap and synthetic detergents on one hand and reduce drastically their toxic effects to plants and animals. Presently, we have several surfactants and the demand for the commodity has been in the increase. However, the raw materials for their production are scarce and continuously costly. As a solution to these problems, surfactant technologies resorted to the use of some plants as natural, cheaper raw materials for surfactant development (Agu, 2001) adopted by (Kime, 2016).
Petroleum and coal, the conventional surfactant base are natural resources and will eventually be depleted, it is a step in the right direction to make surfactants based on other sources especially plant origin. Many plants produce significant quantities of saponins which have surfactant properties. Saponins are groups of secondary plant metabolites that are found in abundance in various plant species particularly in Sapindaceae family and Sapindus genus (Foerster, 2009). Saponins are any of various plant glycosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water, used in detergents, foaming agents, and emulsifiers or any of various steroids glycosides found in plant tissues that dissolve in water to give a soapy froth (Foerster, 2009). Hence, it is summarised that a study on evaluation of some surfactant properties in Cissuspopulnea root, stem bark and leaves is another way to advance the technology to expand the use of mostly neglected plants in our area.
