Humine

In addition to fulvic acids and humic acids, humins are components of humus . They belong to the humic substances . All three groups of substances arise from the decomposition of plant material ( humification ). However, in contrast to the other two groups, humins are not readily soluble in lye , which can be used to separate them.

Individual evidence

↑ Entry on humic substances. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on January 3, 2015.
^ Joachim W. Kadereit, Christian Körner, Benedikt Kost, Uwe Sonnewald: Strasburger - Textbook of Plant Sciences . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-54435-4 , pp. 346 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-642-54435-4 .

[ROEMPP-1] Entry on humic substances. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on January 3, 2015.

[2] Joachim W. Kadereit, Christian Körner, Benedikt Kost, Uwe Sonnewald: Strasburger - Textbook of Plant Sciences . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-54435-4 , pp. 346 , doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-642-54435-4 .