Amino acids in comets and meteorites: Stability under gamma radiation and preservation of the enantiomeric excess

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 410, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1447-1453

  Iglesias Groth, Susana ^a   Cataldo, Franco ^b,c   Ursini, Ornella ^d   Manchado, Arturo ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^c Actinium Chemical Research   (Italy)

^d CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; Methods: laboratory

Indexed keywords

COMETS; ENANTIOMERS; GAMMA RAYS; METEORITES; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

'CURRENT; AMINO-ACIDS; ASTROCHEMISTRY; CHIRAL AMINO ACIDS; ENANTIOMERIC EXCESS; HIGH ENERGY RADIATION; LABORATORY STUDIES; METHODS:LABORATORY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; RATE CONSTANT K;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 79951717914     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17526.x     Document Type: Article

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