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Formation of amino acids by cobalt-60 irradiation of hydrogen cyanide solutions (1976)

Ponnamperuma, C. ; Toste, A. P. ; Sweeney, M. A.

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Publication Date: 2019-06-27

Description: Experiments were conducted to study the pathway for the prebiotic origin of amino acids from hydrogen cyanide (HCN) under the action of ionizing radiation considered as an effective source of energy on the primitive earth. The irradiations were performed in a cobalt-60 source with a dose rate of 200,000 rad/hr. Seven naturally occurring amino acids are identified among the products formed by the hydrolysis of gamma-irradiated solutions of HCN: glycine, alanine, valine, serine, threonine, aspartic acid, and glutamic acid. The identity of these amino acids is established by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Control experiments provided evidence that the amino acids are not the result of contamination.

Keywords: SPACE BIOLOGY

Type: Origins of Life; 7; Aug. 197

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