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ROZENDAAL et al.1 have shown that dry crystalline L-tryptophan, when irradiated with fast electrons at doses up to 109 r., is partially transformed into a complex mixture of compounds from which it is possible to obtain by chromatographic separation a fraction which inhibits the growth of certain bacterial species.
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PERRI, G., KAPLAN, L. & STOCK, C. Biological Activity of L-Tryptophan Esters. Nature 183, 116–117 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183116b0
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