Amino Acids in the Yamato-74662 Meteorite, an Antarctic Carbonaceous Chondrite

• Main Authors: Akira Shimoyama, Cyril Ponnamperuma, Keizo Yanai
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Laboratory of Chemical Evolution, Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland 1979
• Subjects: Antarctic; Yamato; Antarc*; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=1054; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00001054/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=1054&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

The Yamato-74662.23 meteorite, a carbonaceous chondrite (C2), was examined for amino acids. The meteorite sample was separated into an exterior and an interior portion. Each fraction was pulverized and extracted with water. Unhydrolyzed and acid-hydrolyzed water extracts were analyzed for amino acid...