African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Vol. 5(10), pp. 867-872, October 2011
Performance of Solanum incunum Linnaeus as natural coagulant and disinfectant for drinking water
C. Kihampa
The paper reports the performance of Solanum incunum Linnaeus as coagulant and disinfectant for water purification. Results show that coagulation depends on Fe(II) content and disinfectant on bioactive natural product compounds from the plant. The results suggest that S. incunum is promising as coagulant and disinfectant product for water purification.
