Correlation between Organochlorine Compounds or Benzene Adsorption Efficiency and Number of Spherosomes from Different Plant Sources

Abstract

Rice bran, wheat bran, rapeseed, linseed, okara, and sakekasu were evaluated for correlations between their effectiveness in adsorbing organochlorine compounds such as chloroform, dichloromethane or benzene and the number of spherosomes. Wheat bran contained the highest concentration of spherosomes, with a mean level of 4.37 × 10¹⁰ spherosomes/g. The lowest was sakekasu, with a mean level of 2.28 × 10¹⁰ spherosomes/g. There was a high correlation between removal efficiency and the number of spherosomes.