Origin of Homochirality of Amino Acids in the Biosphere

Symmetry

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1022-1032

  Kojo, Shosuke ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Chemical evolution; Crystallization; Enantiomeric excess; Homochirality; L amino acid; Optical resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958781803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20738994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/sym2021022     Document Type: Review

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