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Nor Shazwani Daud, Nordin Sabli, Hiroyuki Yoshida, and Shamsul Izhar<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Received: August 29, 2023
Accepted: February 4, 2024
Publication Date: April 3, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The schematic diagram of the batch mode of SubCW apparatus (Oil Bath).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The attractive characteristics of subcritical water (SubCW) lie in its ability to extract and hydrolyze bioactive compounds from natural matrices. These properties allow water to act as an efficient solvent with a short extraction time. This paper aims to study the effect of SubCW temperature on wheat germ protein extraction for application in the coagulation of the water treatment process. Concerning coagulation performance, a mass-to-water ratio and extraction time are other factors studied, besides the SubCW temperature. Wheat germ (WG) is an excellent source of plant-based protein that is suitable as a biocoagulant for substituting the widely used chemical coagulants. Experiments were conducted in a batch reactor at a SubCW temperature between 100 and 170\u25e6C with a solid-to-water ratio (s\/w) of 0.5:25\u20132:25 and an extraction time of 5\u201330 min. The extracts obtained after the SubCW process contained a distinctive amount of protein, which was then used as a coagulant extract solution in the coagulation process. The highest total protein yield was 22.93 g\/100 g-WG, obtained at 160\u25e6C, which corresponds to protein extraction of 82.8%. The lowest turbidity, 48.9 NTU, was achieved at 120\u25e6C in SubCW extracts, which resulted in a 98.8% turbidity reduction. From the sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), it was observed that proteins with a molecular weight less than 117 kDa exhibit superior coagulation activity. Consequently, wheat germ protein was efficiently extracted by SubCW and can be used as a promising bio-coagulant alternative in waste treatment facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: Coagulation; Protein; Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), Subcritical Water; Wheat Germ<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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