BEFP and DRFP were collected from Taramani, Chennai, Tamilnadu (Plate 1), processed [29] and subjected for proximate and biochemical properties such as moisture, volatile matter, fixed carbon, ash, cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin [41-42]. After drying in a hot air oven at 110°C for 24 hrs, they were pulverized to fine powder, sieved to mesh size 40 and used for characterization and AC production.