Journal of BioSustainability


Potential of Papaya Seed (Carica Papaya L) Biosorbent for Textile Dyes Absorption

Indriani, Dini (Unknown)
Agustine, Liana (Unknown)
Nurani, Lisna Wahyu (Unknown)
Khofifah, Tsani (Unknown)
Surakusumah, Wahyu (Unknown)
Dewina, Restu Utari (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Oct 2025

Abstract

Biosorbents are biological materials used to remove pollutants from solutions passively. Papaya seeds are believed to be a biosorbent candidate because they contain SiO2, which has the potential to act as an adsorbent. Papaya seed adsorbent was made by adding H2SO4 as an activator and using Wantex red as the tested dye. This research aims to determine the potential concentration of papaya seeds as a biosorbent. The analysis used is qualitative, quantitative, and a significance test analysis. The method in this research uses 0.5 g (1%); 1.5g (3%); 2.5g (5%); 3.5 g (7%) of papaya seed biosorbent dissolved in Wantex red dye solution and analyzed using a UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The qualitative color results show contrasting color differences where the most transparent color is the dye added with 1.5 g and 2.5 papaya seed biosorbent, and the UV-Vis spectrophotometer absorbance results show that the best biosorbent mass is 1.5 g and 2.5 g with the highest absorbance power, namely 0.024 mg/g and 0.009 mg/g.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JoBS

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Environmental Science Immunology & microbiology

Description

Journal of BioSustainability (e-ISSN: 3063-2129) is a biannual peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research and review articles in the field of sustainability and biological sciences. It is published by the Study Program of Biology, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, and collaborates with ...