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humic acid
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Noun1.humic acid - a dark brown humic substance that is soluble in water only at pH values greater than 2; "the half-life of humic acid is measured in centuries"
humic substance - an organic residue of decaying organic matter


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254] is another surrogate measurement for the concentration of organic matters, particularly stands for the complex multiaromatic and multiconjugated humic substances in water.
Scientists have debated for years how important humic substances are to mushroom nutrition.
Their topics include the possible role of telomeres in DNA in the aging process, testing biological activities of humic substances in higher plants, and the in-vitro degradation and release profiles for interferon-loaded magnetic biodegradable microspheres.
 
 
 
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