Natural-Product Humic Acid - Laub BioChem

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reviews and Monographs ............................................. 1
Natural-Product Humic Acid .................................... 6
Isolation and Preparation Procedures ................................................. 22
Synthetic Humic Acid ....................................................... 35
Chemical Synthesis .............................................................................. 36
Enzymatic Synthesis ............................................................................ 39
Physicochemical Properties and
Characterization .................................................................... 40
Acid-Base Properties ............................................................................ 40
Adsorption of, from Solution ................................................................ 41
Alcohol Content ..................................................................................... 41
Amide Content ..................................................................................... 42
Amino Acid Content .............................................................................. 42
Aromaticity ........................................................................................... 42
Ash Content ..................................................................................... 43
Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) ............................................... 43
Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (AES) .................................................. 43
Atomic Force Microscopy ...................................................................... 43
Bromination of ..................................................................................... 45
Calorimetry ..................................................................................... 45
Capillary Zone Electrophoresis (CZE) ................................................. 45
Capillary Zone Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry (CZE-MS) ......... 47
Carboxyl Content .................................................................................. 48
Centrifugation of ................................................................................... 48
Chlorination of ..................................................................................... 48
Circular Dichroism ............................................................................... 49
Complexation ........................................................................................ 49
with Metals ...................................................................................... 57
Composition .......................................................................................... 82
Conductiometry ..................................................................................... 82
Decolorization ....................................................................................... 83
Degradation .......................................................................................... 83
Derivatization ....................................................................................... 84
Dialysis .................................................................................................. 86
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) ........................................... 86
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