Abstract

The patent refers to a process of adsorption and removal of heavy and pesticide metals present alone or together in contaminated environmental compartments, through the use of natural adsorbents obtained from crambe pie (Crambe abyssinica Hochst), moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam), physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.), sucupira (Pterodon emarginatus) and tucumã (Astrocaryum aculeatum), which were modified physically and chemically when their structure and morphology.