Amino acids in the Yamato carbonaceous chrondrite from Antarctica

• Main Authors: Shimoyama, A., Ponnamperuma, C., Yanai, K.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1979
• Subjects: 55; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Yamato; Murchison; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19800029378

Evidence for the presence of amino acids of extraterrestrial origin in the Antarctic Yamato carbonaceous chrondrite is presented. Hydrolyzed and nonhydrolyzed water-extracted amino acid samples from exterior, middle and interior portions of the meteorite were analyzed by an amino acid analyzer and b...