Review Article

Assessment of Food Processing and Pharmaceutical Industrial Wastes as Potential Biosorbents: A Review

Table 5

Equilibrium parameters as predicted by the well-established sorption models.

BiosorbentTarget ion/compoundEquilibrium modelMaximum sorption capacity (mg/g)Sorption constant*pH/temperature (°C)Reference

Local dairy sludgePb(II)
Cd(II)
Langmuir178.6
69.90
0.03
0.05
5/40[129]

Baker’s yeast biomassCd(II)
Pb(II)
Langmuir31.75
60.24
0.092
0.066
6.0/30
5.0/30
[131]

Cider yeastPatulinLangmuir0.00820.0644.5/25[117]

Beer yeastCu(II)
Pb(II)
Langmuir0.66
2.27
0.314
0.259
5.0/20[69]

Spent waste beer yeast
Saccharomyces  cerevisiae
Pb(II)Freundlich
5.0/30[82]

Spent brewery grains (SBG)AG25 dyeLangmuir212.760.0363.0/30[70]

Wine processing sludgeNi(II)Langmuir3.910.1135.5/50[76]

Antibiotic waste P. mutilus Cu(II)Langmuir106.380.007[119]

Antibiotic waste P. mutilus Basic Blue 41Langmuir
Freundlich
111.00
0.097

(8.0-9.0)/30[119]

Phaseolus  vulgaris  L. Acid Red 57 dyeLangmuir215.132.0/20[91]

Phaseolus  vulgaris  L. Reactive Red 198Freundlich
[86]

Fruit waste macrofungi Flammulina  velutipes Cd(II)
Pb(II)
Langmuir 8.43
18.35
6.0/25[130]

Industrial fungi Penicillium oxalicum var. Armeniaca Cd(II)
Pb(II)
Hg(II)
Langmuir35.90
47.40
269.3
0.05
1.01
0.07
5.0/20[107]

Industrial fungi
Tolypocladium sp.
Cd(II)
Pb(II)
Hg(II)
Langmuir11.90
28.40
161.0
1.03
0.61
0.50
5.0/20[107]

industrial waste of Clitopilus  scyphoides  
(Pleurotus  mutilus) fungal biomass
Cd(II)BET45.316

5.0/20[120]

Fungal waste biomassSimulated acid bath for wool (SABW) dyeLangmuir289.50.01143.0/25[121]

biomass of
Phaseolus  vulgaris  L.
Pb(II)Langmuir19.930.4985.0/50[84]

Fennel biomass (Foeniculum vulgare)Cd(II)Langmuir
Freundlich
26.590.080

4.3/50[123]

Nonliving biomass Aspergillus  awamori Cu(II)Langmuir35.970.1365.0/20[125]

Corynebacterium 
glutamicum
Reactive Black 5
RB5
Langmuir
Sips
4190.042

1.0/35[127]

Rhizopus oligosporus biomassCu(II)Langmuir79.370.2825.0/30[85]

Pectin-rich fruit wastes (lemon peels)Cd(II)Langmuir22.320.0155.0/—[133]

Orange wasteCd(II)Sips20.640.038 ( )6.0/25[94]

Orange wasteCd(II)
Zn(II)
Cr(III)
Langmuir17.66
14.61
22.50
0.004
0.067
0.372
4.0/20[95]

Orange (Citrus sinensis)Cr(III)Langmuir36.480.4035.0/25[102]

Pineapple peel, an agricultural effluentMethylene Blue (MB) cationic dyeLangmuir97.090.0746.0/30[91]

Peach stones
Apricot stones
Pb(II)Freundlich
( )

( )
7.0/—[97]

Mangifera  indica (mango) seed kernel particlesMethylene Blue (MB) cationic dyeLangmuir153.8460.82278.0/50[98]

Desiccated coconutHg(II)Langmuir500.007.4/30[100]

Pecan nut shells (C. illinoinensis) biomassAcid Blue 74 (AB74) Langmuir 4.8510.001 6.5/30 [132]
Reactive Blue 4 (RB4)Langmuir13.4100.001
Acid Blue 25 (AB25)Sips 7.576
( )

Crushed olive stone wastesPb(II)
Ni(II)
Cu(II)
Cd(II)
Freundlich 5.5/20 [105]
Binary mixturesExtended Langmuir

Olive pomaceCu(II)
Cd(II)
Pb(II)
Langmuir1.94
2.98
6.23
0.138
0.046
1.829
5.0/60[108]

Olive pomacePhenolsFreudlich
10.0/20[110]

Pomace from olive oilCr(IV)Langmuir18.690.0552.0/60[101]

olive mill residues (OMR)Cu(II)Langmuir13.500.0805.0/23[104]

Solid olive stonePb(II)Sips6.57 5.0/25[102]

Olive oil millPb(II)Dubinin-Astakhov23.695.0/25[103]

Palm oil mill effluent (POME) sludgeMethylene Blue (MB) cationic dyeLangmuir 23.500.2087.6/27[111]

Sugarcane bagasse wasteMethylene Blue (MB) Langmuir202.430.031 8.0/25 [78]
Gentian Violet (GV)327.830.047

Fresh malted sorghum mash wasteMethylene Blue (MB) basic dyeLangmuir384.60.0117.0/53[83]

Cupuassu shell, Theobroma  grandiflorum, (CS) Reactive Red dye (RR 194) Sips64.1
( )
2.0/25 [87]
Direct Blue 5337.5
( )

Activated carbon derived from exhausted olive waste cakeLanaset Grey GLangmuir108.700.0316.0/25[113]

Activated carbon derived from empty fruit bunch (EFB)Methylene Blue dye (MB)Langmuir344.830.060—/30[114]

Activated carbon from sago wastePb(II)Langmuir14.350.0953.5/27[116]

Units depend on the fitting isotherm model and are indicated in Table 3.