Proximate and physicochemical composition of oil palm empty fruit bunch

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dc.contributor.authorAsoka, Mina Grace
dc.contributor.authorAbu, Gideon Orkwagh
dc.contributor.authorAgwa, Obioma Kenechukwu
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-10T21:01:17Z
dc.date.available2023-06-10T21:01:17Z
dc.date.issued2021-10
dc.descriptionBiomass and Bioenergy Volume 62, March 2014, Pages 174-181en_US
dc.description.abstractAgro-waste management generates worries to most developing countries and the menace needs to be curbed to reduce pollution. This study investigated the Proximate and Physicochemical composition of Oil Palm Empty fruit bunch. Samples collected were oven dried, grinded and analytical methods were carried out adopting AOAC 2005 (Association of official Analytical Chemists) test methods. The proximate analysis of the EFB revealed it to be a poor source of lipid (3.75 ± 0.01) but with a high fibre content (67.0 ± 1.19). The results showed concentrations of ash (6.87 ± 0.11), carbohydrate (12.3 ± 0.95), moisture (5.13 ± 0.24) and protein (4.87 ± 0.01). The physicochemical characteristics of oil palm empty fruit bunch is reported that pH had mean of 5.81±0.22, while temperature, total suspended solid, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solid, salinity, nitrate and sulphate had mean of 28.14 ± 0.02, 5.09 ± 0.02, 53.15 ± 0.03, 26.61 ± 0.015, 19.97±0.03, 14.65 ± 0.05, and 4.94 ± 0.02 respectively. More so, phosphate had mean of 17.55 ± 0.04, while ammonia, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, magnesium and calcium had mean of 0.04 ± 0.01, 2.86 ± 0.01, 1.58 ± 0.02, 2.55 ± 0.02, 1.05 ± 0.01 and 3.77 ± 0.01 respectively. The Proximate and Physicochemical composition of the Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch in this study demonstrates the efficiency of utilizing and application of this byproduct in various processes to help combat waste management issues in the environment.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipACE: Oilfield Chemicals Researchen_US
dc.identifier.citationAsoka, M. G., Abu, G. O., & Agwa, O. K. (2021). Proximate and physicochemical composition of oil palm empty fruit bunch. GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 17(1), 026-032.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2581-3250
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.30574/gscbps.2021.17.1.0299
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1979
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectOil Palm Empty Fruit Bunchen_US
dc.subjectProximateen_US
dc.subjectPhysicochemicalen_US
dc.subjectAgro-wasteen_US
dc.subjectSTEMen_US
dc.subjectUniversity of Port Harcourten_US
dc.titleProximate and physicochemical composition of oil palm empty fruit bunchen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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