Amino acid synthesis in a supercritical carbon dioxide - Water system

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2722-2732

  Fujioka, Kouki ^a,b   Futamura, Yasuhiro ^a   Shiohara, Tomoo ^c   Hoshino, Akiyoshi ^a   Kanaya, Fumihide ^a   Manome, Yoshinobu ^b   Yamamoto, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Mars; Prebiotic chemistry; Soda fountain; Supercritical carbon oxide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROXYLAMINE; OXOACID; POLYMER; WATER;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID; MARS; PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY; SODA FOUNTAIN; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON OXIDE;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROXYLAMINE; KETO ACIDS; PEPTIDES; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 67649666640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10062722     Document Type: Article

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