Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 3

Effect of Cationic Surface Active agents on As(III) Biosorption by Aspergillus niger X300

  • Author:
  • S. Ganguly
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 132 to 133

Department of Biological Sciences, Sankrail Abhoy Charan High School (H.S.), Sankrail, Howrah, West Bengal, India

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Online published on 18 June, 2014.

Abstract

An experimental study was conducted to examine the effects of some cationic surface active agents (namely: Benzalkonium chloride, Lauryl methyl gluceth-10 hydroxypropyl dimonium chloride, Tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide, Centrimonium Chloride and Bromidox) on As(III) biosorption by an As(III) resistant strain Aspergillus niger X300.

Keywords

Cationic surfactants, hydrophobic, hydrophilic, As(III), biosorption, Aspergillus niger X300