Some DefinitionsScientific Definitions:Humic & Fulvic acids: "Allomelanins found in soils, coals and peat, resulting from the decomposition of organic matter, particularly dead plants. Consists of complex macromolecules having polymeric phenolic structures with the ability to chelate with metals, especially iron." - The Merck Index. Humus:"n.the organic matter of the soil, usually leaf mould and other materials in which decomposition is well advanced. [<L. ground]" Chelate: "adj. Zool. Having a chela or pincerlike claw; cheliform. -n. Chem. A compound which has been subjected to chelation." Chelation: "n.. Chem. The inactivation of metallic ions in a solution by an organic reagent with whose molecules they are strongly bound in a ring structure giving maximum stability for specified uses. Peat: "n.. A substance consisting of partially carbonized vegetable material, chiefly mosses, found usually in bogs. - The Webster Comprehensive Dictionary International Edition, 1977 Humet: a natural biopolymer solution, obtained from humus, saturated with metallo micro elements essential to the proper maintenance of the body. [<hum(ic acids) - met(allic micro elements)]
Popular definitions:Humus:Old vegetable matter and lawn clippings you store at the end of your garden until it rots down and you use it in the garden to rejuvenate the soil. Roborant:A tonic or pick-me-up Chelate:Something that surrounds something else and carries it into (or out of) another entity/body and releases it. Peat:First you get Humus, then after many 1000's of years this compresses to form peat. Many more 1000's of years later, this might change into brown coal, coal, or even oil.
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