Table 1.

Sorption efficiency of pesticides from activated carbon (AC).

Pesticide	AC Source	qm(a) (mg g−1)	RE(b) (%)	Ref.
Acetamiprid, Atrazine, Azoxystrobin, Chlorantraniliprole, Difeconazole, Diuron, Imazalil, Pymetrozine, Pyraclostrobin, Thiacloprid, Trifloxyztrobin	Starch	66.2 (Pyraclostrobin)	>80	[23]
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid	Lagenaria vulgaris	333.3	100	[24]
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid	Date stone	238.1	91.8	[25]
4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid	Norit 0.8, Aquacarb 207C, Aquacarb 208C, Aquacarb 208EA	133.6, 117.6, 106.2, 105.3	n/a	[26]
Acetamiprid	Tangerine peels	35.7	92	[27]
Alachlor	Juglans regia	n/a	≥72	[28]
Ametryn, Aldicarb, Dinoseb, Diuron	Carbon-cloth	354.6, 421.6, 301.8, 213.1	n/a	[29]
Atrazine	Mangosteen peels	51	n/a	[30]
Atrazine, deethylatrazine, deisopropylatrazine, simazine	Rayon	238.1, 303, 119, 370.4	n/a	[31]
Bentazon	CAT, Carbopal	718	n/a	[32]
Bentazon	Sky fruit husk	166.7	≥70	[33]
Benzimidazole	Arachis hypogaea	n/a	70	[34]
Carbofuran	Banana stalks	64	97	[35]
Diazinon	NH4Cl-AC	250	97.5	[36]
Endosulfan	Saccharum officinarum	2.3	≥93	[37]
Ethaboxam	Juglans regia	n/a	≥89	[38]
Furadan, Metribuzin, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid	Bamboo	869, 756.5, 274.7	92.3, 93, 96.7	[39]
Imidacloprid	Peach stone	39.4	≥80	[40]
Imidacloprid	Ricinodendron heudelotii	43.5	90	[41]
Hinosan	Rice husk	81.4	≥65	[42]
Methoxychlor, atrazine, methyl parathion	Rubber tire	112, 104.9, 88.9	91, 82, 71	[43]

^(a)q_m maximum sorption capacity per unit weight of the adsorbent; ^(b) RE is the removal efficiency; n/a: not available.