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A recent report by Garay presents evidence that, in alkaline solution, 90Sr β particles and/or their associated bremsstrahlung (γ -rays) cause a more rapid radiolysis of D-tyrosine than of L-tyrosine (1). The differential effect on the tyrosines was sought, but not found, in acidic solutions. The possible existence of this differential radiolysis was not tested on the crystalline tyrosine enantiomers.
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Bernstein, W.J., Lemmon, R.M., Calvin, M. (1972). An Investigation of the Possible Differential Radiolysis of Amino Acid Optical Isomers by 14C Betas. In: Rohlfing, D.L., Oparin, A.I. (eds) Molecular Evolution. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2019-7_13
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