Radiolysis and radioracemization of 20 amino acids from the beginning of the Solar System

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-94

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

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Soc Lupi Chem Research Institute   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL AMINO ACIDS; DOSE EQUIVALENT; DRY STATE; ENANTIOMERIC-ENRICHMENT; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; OPTICAL ROTATORY DISPERSION; ORGANIC MOLECULES; RADIATION DOSE; TOTAL DOSE;

AMINO ACIDS; ASTEROIDS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXTRAPOLATION; OPTICAL ROTATION; PETROLEUM TAR; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOISOTOPES; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

RADIOLYSIS;

EID: 80051669611     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-011-0116-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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