The Use of Ascorbate as an Oxidation Inhibitor in Prebiotic Amino Acid Synthesis: A Cautionary Note

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 533-541

  Kuwahara, Hideharu ^a,b   Eto, Midori ^a   Kawamoto, Yukinori ^a   Kurihara, Hironari ^a   Kaneko, Takeo ^a   Obayashi, Yumiko ^a   Kobayashi, Kensei ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Prebiotic synthesis; Spark discharge

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTER; FORMIC ACID; HYDROLYSIS; INHIBITOR; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; OXIDATION; PALEOATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84873322097     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-012-9296-z     Document Type: Article

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