NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2017, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (3): 511-516. doi: 10.16333/j.1001-6880.2017.3.026

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Review on Structural Properties and Multiple Functionalities of Humic Acids

YAN Shu-xia,LIU Chun-hua,LIANG Yan*   

  1. Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shenzhen 518055,China
  • Online:2017-03-31 Published:2017-04-06

Abstract: Humic acids,a group of polymers with high-molecular-weight macromolecules,have many functional groups present in the structures responsible for their multiple physico-chemical properties,such as amphiphilicity,adsorbability,redox capacities and complexation.Their structural properties and application in agriculture,pollution remediation,medicine,pharmaceutical and cosmetic products are reviewed in this paper.

Key words: humic acids, structural properties, functionalities

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