In this study we examined the effect of synthetic humic acid (SHA) and arsenic oxide (As_2O_3) on human protein C activity. We found that four SHAs polymerized from monomeric protocatechuic acid, venillic acid, catechol and ferulic acid have the ability to dose-dependently inhibit both activated protein C activity and the activation of protein C. Arsenic oxide dose-dependently enhanced activated protein C activity. However, SHAarsenic organometallic complex is more effective in the inhibition of activated protein C activity. Protein C induced by SHA causes a thrombophilic or hypercoagulablestate, which may be one of the possible mechanisms of blackfoot disease.