Studies on Biosorption of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solutions by Powdered Palm Tree Flower (Borassus flabellifer)

Table 4

Maximum sorption capacity of different sorbents in MB.

Sorbent material	Maximum sorption capacity, 𝑞𝑚 (mg/g)	Reference
Teak wood bark	915	[27]
Spent tea leaves	300	[28]
Untreated guava leaves	295	[10]
Gulmohar plant leaf powder	120–252.7	[29]
Castor seed shell	158.73	[8]
Palm tree male flower (PTMF)	143.6–157.31	This study
Mango seed kernel	142.9–153.85	[30]
Chemically treated guava leaves	133.33	[31]
Wood apple shell	95.2	[1]
Hazelnut shell	76.9	[32]
Rice husk	40.6	[4]
Natural chaff	20.3	[33]
Neem leaf	19.61	[3]
Orange peels	18.6	[34]