Non-racemic amino acid production by ultraviolet irradiation of achiral interstellar ice analogs with circularly polarized light: comment on "Photochirogenesis: photochemical models on the absolute asymmetric formation of amino acids in interstellar space" by Uwe J. Meierhenrich et al

Phys Life Rev. 2011 Oct;8(3):333-4; discussion 337-8. doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2011.08.007. Epub 2011 Sep 1.
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Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / radiation effects*
  • Animals
  • Exobiology*
  • Extraterrestrial Environment / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Photochemical Processes*

Substances

  • Amino Acids