HPLC Study of Humus Acids Isolated from Composts and Vermicomposts of Different Period of Matured
Keywords:
humus asids, vermicompost, HPLC, factional composition, relatively aromaticity.Abstract
Humic acids (HA) isolated from the horse composts and vermicomposts of different period of
matured were studied by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method. All chromatograms
contained three peaks. HA corresponding to the first and the second peaks were hydrophilic and were
eluted from the column with water solution of phosphate buffer, whereas HA, which corresponded to the
third peak, were hydrophobic and were eluted with acetonytril. Relative aromaticity of total factions were
lowering in series: control (0,59) > winter-sample (0,49) > summer-sample (0,33), which indicated the
greater degree of humification of summer-sample of vermicompost.









