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Organic Solvent Extraction and Spectrophotometric Quantification of Total Phenolic Content of Soil by Nicholas Akomeng; Stephen Adusei is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Organic Solvent Extraction and Spectrophotometric Quantification of Total Phenolic Content of Soil about?
Phenolic compounds are regarded as the most abundant plant metabolites that are known to decompose progressively into soils, likened to other soil organic materials. Once assimilated into soils, they can control soil processes, including organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling. Established that phenolic compounds can influence nutrients availability and soil quality, it becomes crucial to investigate into soil phenolics through the application of appropriate extraction technique and quantification of total phenolic content in soils. This study therefore aimed at utilizing ethanol, hexane and diethyl ether organic solvents to extract and quantify total phenolic content of soil, sampled from a vegetable growing area. Conventional organic solvent extraction method was employed to extract phenolics, while spectrophotometric technique was utilized to quantify total phenolic content. The highest extraction yield of 34.52% was achieved with ethanol followed by diethyl ether (28.23%) and hexane (25.47%). Interestingly, hexane, which had the least extraction yield, rather recorded the highest phenolics concentration of 5.50 ± 0.02 mgGAE/g, with ethanol producing a concentration
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- Author
- Nicholas Akomeng; Stephen Adusei
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Physical Sciences)