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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Quinones are also responsible for the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in humic acids, which are useful for wound healing and have bactericidal properties (Melo et al., 2016).
In late 2018, University of Alberta researchers published a paper titled, "Soil humic acids degrade CWD prions and reduce infectivity." I immediately read the fascinating results, finding myself floored by the outcome.
Inclusion of enzymes and organics acids such as humic acids have been observed to improve digestibility of poor protein sources such as CM.
Considering the importance of studies of humic acids (HA) in the formation of quality seedlings, it should be emphasized that the use should not occur in an empirical way, since the biological activity of HA is dependent on the source, applied concentration and plant genotype (BALDOTTO and BALDOTTO, 2014).
Amorphous iron (Fe) oxides in these soils form low-solubility complexes with phosphate, reducing the availability of this anion (Devau et al., 2011; Fink et al., 2014), which can also be influenced by humic acids (HAs) (Gerke, 2010).
Coating of KCl with humic acids may be a strategy to avoid loss and supply K over the plant cycle.
Humic substances (HS), the main constituent of organic matter, present heterogeneous mixture of organic compounds aggregated by weak intermolecular interactions of hydrophobic nature and by hydrogen bonds (Matilainen et al., 2011; Valencia et al., 2013), which are fractionated in humic acids (HA), fulvic acids (FA) and humins (Baldotto et al., 2013); HS have a structural complexity due to the presence of organic functional groups that provide several functions in the nutrition of plants and improvement of the physical and chemical properties of the soil.
Thus, our study aimed to evaluate the humification rates and structural composition of humic acids in the suspended soil in the tropical forest of South Vietnam.
Fathalla, "Onion yield as affected by foliar application with amino and humic acids under nitrogen fertilizer levels," ESci Journal of Crop Production, vol.
Schoenherr et al., "Bimodal effect of humic acids on the LPS-induced TNF-a release from differentiated U937 cells," Phytomedicine, vol.
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