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Organic matter and its composition
Soil organic matter is a complex matter obtained from the plants and animal residues containing both organic and inorganic chemical compounds. Composition of Organic matter
eg: Amine, amide compounds and amino acids (water soluble) proteins (simple, combined, derived), peptone, purine, peptide, nucleoprotein, protease, pyridine, alkaloid, pirimidin.
2. Non nitrogenous compounds Eg : -Carbohydrates (mono, di, poly and oligosaccharides, amino sugars, sugar acids, sugar alcohol),lignin (aliphatic hydroxyl and carbonyl group found), Cellulose and hemicelluloses, tannin, fat, wax and resin, pigments, organic acids (acetic, oxalic, saccharic, propionic, benzoic, pomitic), organic phosphorus compounds (nucleic acids, phospholipids, inositol phosphate) and organic sulphur compounds (cystein, cystine, methionine).
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