European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

MACERATION OF WOOD AND NANOCELLULOSE EXTRACTION IN ALANGIUM SALVIIFOLIUM (L. F.) WANGERIN

Vasanthakumar S.* and Priya V.

ABSTRACT

The Alangium salviifolium (L. F.) Wangerin. It is native to India and is found throughout tropical Asia, including India, China, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It is drought-tolerant . Traditional healers have employed Alangium salviifolium to treat skin malignancies through topical application of the root.The maceration of wood and nano cellulose extraction in Alangium salviifolium demonstrates the complete maceration of its wood fibres during the fibre analysis process. Wood core samples were taken from A.salviifolium trees growing in Ramasamy hills in the Salem district, and their fibres were macerated with various concentrations of macerating agent (nitric acid). The use of 50% nitric acid was found to be quite effective in separating all of the fibres. This maceration process resolves all compact fibres and simplifies their measurement. The method could be beneficial for studying wood fibres. The present studies of Alangium salviifolium is used to prepare and extract nano cellulose, which is utilised to make flexible batteries, lightweight armour, and windmill blades with high tensile stuctures.The nature of the nanocellulose was determined by FT-IR Spectroscopy and the amorphous nature of the substance was determined by the X-Ray Diffraction.

Keywords: Maceration, Nanocellulose, Cellulose.