Kenaf Is the Key to Go Green in the Era of Environmental Crisis: A Review

In-Sok Lee; Yu-Rim Choi; Ju Kim

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Kenaf Is the Key to Go Green in the Era of Environmental Crisis: A Review

30 December 2022. pp. 820-824

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Abstract

Ecologically sustainable means of development is the point to support environmental homeostasis. One of our roles is to find bio-degradable resources that can be substituted for petroleum-based products to effectively abide by the natural viability. To counter the issues of deforestation and preserve biodiversity, it is necessary to produce a non-wood crop that can fulfill the requirement for raw material from which several products can be produced. Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus), a member of the family Malvaceae, is showing sufficient potentiality along this road-map. Due to its rich fiber content, it has been used extensively in various fields for long, probably as early as 4,000 BC. At present, kenaf has been used as provider of paper, plastics, fiber glass, biofuel, activated carbon and epoxy composite. This obviously catch one’s attention towards its capability to replace petroleum-based products as a whole. Moreover, the plant shows considerable relevance in decreasing pollutants by virtue of its enormous absorption capacity. These multiple applications of kenaf justify its credibility to be the best resource for the better world. The paper presents an overview on its numerous uses reported in the literature that we have investigated and its great potential as a valuable multipurpose crop.

키워드

Bio-degradable

Bioplastic

Kenaf

Sustainable development

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Publisher :The Plant Resources Society of Korea
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원식물학회
Journal Title :Korean Journal of Plant Resources
Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원식물학회지
Volume : 35
No :6
Pages :820-824
Received Date : 2022-08-02
Revised Date : 2022-11-03
Accepted Date : 2022-11-03
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2022.35.6.820

Korean Journal of Plant Resources ISSN:1226-3591(Print) 2287-8203(Online) 한국자원식물학회지

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