Racemization of Amino Acids in Sediments from Saanich Inlet, British Columbia
- 11 September 1970
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 169 (3950) , 1079-1082
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.169.3950.1079
Abstract
In sediments spanning the last 9000 years from Saanich Inlet L enantiomers of amino acids are most abundant, but the percentages of D enantiomers increase with age, apparently because of partial racemization. Of the amino acids measured, glutamic acid and alanine show the greatest degree of racemization; leucine, isoleucine, and valine show the least.Keywords
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