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The history of amino acids begins four billion years ago. The Earth’s atmosphere then consisted of water vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, methane and ammonia. It was hot, and for millions of years lightning flashes discharged across the sky. Under these conditions initially aldehydes and hydrogen cyanide originated, and therefrom amino acids were produced (Strecker reaction).

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Schaefer, B. (2014). Amino acids. In: Natural Products in the Chemical Industry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54461-3_4

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