Prebiotic microreactors: A synthesis of purines and dihydroxy compounds in aqueous aerosol

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-142

  Ruiz Bermejo, M ^a   Menor Salvan C ^a   Osuna Esteban, S ^a   Veintemillas Verdaguer, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerosol chemistry; Amino acids; Prebiotic chemistry; Prebiotic environments; Purine bases

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYACID; METHANE; NITROGEN; PURINE DERIVATIVE; WATER;

AEROSOL; AMINO ACID; HETEROCYCLIC OXYGEN COMPOUND; INTERFACE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AEROSOL; AIR; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOLS; AIR; AMINO ACIDS; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROGEN; HYDROXY ACIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANE; NITROGEN; PURINES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; WATER;

EID: 33947192933     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-006-9026-5     Document Type: Article

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