Viruses also have really sticky sites-that’s how they manage to bind to a host cell. Certain humic acids from certain soil deposits are essentially like a really, really sticky piece of Velcro. What is remarkable is that humic acid, with its many kinds of functional groups, binds more strongly to viruses than do our own cells. These are the same forces that hold DNA together. Electropositive atoms attract electronegative atoms. RJL: Binding occurs through hydrogen bonding. ,, ,, įocus: How exactly does humic acid bind to a virus? Research has shown certain humic acids to be effective in vitro against a wide range of viruses, including influenza, HSV, HIV, and others. That is because humic acid contains many kinds of “functional groups” (specific groups of atoms) that can bind to a multitude of viruses. RJL: Because of its size and flexibility, certain humic acids from particular soil deposits turn out to be potent, broad-spectrum antivirals. This flexibility is a very important contributor to its antiviral properties.įocus: What do these very different shapes-small and rigid, or large and flexible-mean in terms of human health? It looks a bit like a series of wagon wheels, one inside the other, with spokes going from one wheel to the next. Humic acid is flexible, because it is made up of many chains of molecules. Humic acid is equally potent as a mineral supplement, but is a much heavier, bigger molecule. Fulvic acid is a small and somewhat rigid molecule, with a molecular weight of about 1,500 daltons (a dalton is a unit of mass commonly used in chemistry). They excel at providing all the trace minerals we need. RJL: Both humic and fulvic acids are extracts from composted organic matter and prove to be excellent mineral supplements. Can you give us some basic facts about humic and fulvic acids before we discuss the health benefits? It’s interesting that in essence, the soil that nourishes plant life–and later the plant that dies and becomes part of the soil–contains such potent healing substances. These ancient soil deposits-named humus, or humin, from the Greek word for soil-can be found all over the world and contain highly-concentrated minerals and healing substances. Laub has focused exclusively on sourcing, analysing, studying, extracting and purifying humic acid, a remarkable high-mineral, healing substance with potent antiviral properties, found in ancient soil deposits.įocus: You have devoted the last 17 years of your life to researching humic acid, an extract of ancient organic soil deposits. He was formerly a professor of chemistry at The Ohio State University and San Diego State University, was a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in London, England, was an Alcoa fellow in San Diego, and a Science Research Council fellow in Swansea, Wales. The antiviral properties referred to in the article, therefore, applies to fulvic acid as well as humic acid.Īn Interview with: Richard J Laub, MS, PhD, CChem, FRSC, is a chemist with nearly 150 peer-reviewed published research papers, sixteen patents, and numerous invited reviews and symposium presentations. This is because humic acid is not soluble at the low pH (acidic) level of the stomach whereas fulvic acid is soluble at any pH level. In order to utilise humic acid, it is broken down to fulvic acid in the human gut. *Note by Oshun Health: Humic Acids referred to in this article is the collective name for both humic acid and fulvic acid. The interview with Richard J Laub, MS, PhD, CChem, FRSC, was conducted by Focus Allergy Research Group. Follow Clinical Education by clicking on the following link: The following article was originally posted by Michael Ash for the website of Clinical Education, a ‘Not for Profit’ organisation that brings a range of educational experiences to healthcare professionals. Thus, humic acid can actually displace a virus even after it has attached itself to the surface of a cell. That is, humic acid has a greater affinity for the virus than the virus does for the host cell. In vitro studies have shown, for example, that if you allow herpes simplex viruses to attach to host cells and then add humic acid to the solution, it will displace viruses from infected cell surfaces. Research shows that humic acid, of which fulvic acid forms part, binds so strongly to viruses that it can actually displace them from a cell surface.
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