Stable isotope analysis of amino acid enantiomers in the Murchison meteorite at natural abundance levels

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3111, Issue , 1997, Pages 82-85

  Engel, Michael H ^a   Macko, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Enantiomers; Murchison meteorite; Optical activity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CARBONATES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ENANTIOMERS;

METEORITES;

EID: 0031310625     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.278813     Document Type: Conference Paper

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