Heyns and Pavel 1 reported on the pyrolytic decomposition of glycine in which small amounts ot other amino-acids (alanine, aspartic acid, α-aminobutyric acid) and other carboxylic acids (fumaric ...

A diverse complement of amino acids are conjugated to bile acids by ... MCBAs may be good for us or they may be bad; the chemistry of the conjugation could matter a lot. We think they, or the ...

Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins ... Even so, the experiment gave rise to a new scientific field called prebiotic or abiotic chemistry, the chemistry that preceded the origin of life. This ...

A new study suggests that microscopic lightning bolts—called microlightning—within water droplets may have helped forge the very first amino acids on Earth. The research revives and reimagines one of ...

Supplements of amino acids have gained growing popularity amongst athletes and fitness aficionados aiming to boost their performance and hasten recovery. Amino acids, the pivotal building elements ...

This means that the pH values of strong acids are lower than that of weak acids, which explains why the rate of reaction of strong acids with substances (such as metals, metal carbonates etc ...

Scientists have made a bold leap in the search for life’s origins, offering a fresh look at how chemistry might have crossed over into biology. At the center of this progress are coacervate ...

The molecules may be remnants of fatty acids, which form cell membranes in Earth’s organisms, though they might have formed through a non-biological process ...

In the past several decades, significant progress has been made in controlling molecular chirality, as evidenced by the several Nobel Prizes in chemistry awarded in this area, particularly for ...

An interdisciplinary team led by Prof. Yao Zhongping, Associate Head and Professor of the Department of Applied Biology and ...

Associate Professor Konstantinos Vogiatzis' lab in the Department of Chemistry is leveraging computational ... molecules derived from 20 natural amino acids and developed an automated workflow ...