Effect of Different Factors on the Movement of Some Amino Acids in Soils Using Thin-Layer Chromatography

Abstract

The influence of organic matter, CaCo₃, saline and alkaline salts, flyash, exchangeable cations and pH on the mobility of monocarboxylic, dicarboxylic, basic and aromatic amino acids has been studied using soil thin-layer chromatographic technique in two different type of soils. The mobility was expressed in terms of R_f, R_B, and R_M values. The variation in R_f, R_B and R_M values of anino acids under different treatments have been reported and discussed on the basis of adsorption and leachability.