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Thermal Generation of Pteridines and Flavines from Amino Acid Mixtures
Author(s) -
Heinz Bettina,
Ried Walter,
Dose Klaus
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197904781
Subject(s) - biuret test , amino acid , chemistry , organic chemistry , prebiotic , biochemistry , urea
Pteridines and flavines could have arisen under prebiotic conditions from amino acids and the compounds allophanic acid, guanidinoformic acid, biuret, and formamidine obtainable from NH 3 , CO 2 , and H 2 O. This concept is supported by the detection of compounds such as ( 1 ) in thermolyzed mixtures of amino acids.