title: Selective radiolysis of enantiomers.
abstract: The gamma-induced decarboxylation of beta-phenylalanine in the solid state is a chain reaction. Both enantiomers and the racemate of beta-phenylalanine-1-14C show different exponential dose-effect curves for the radiation-induced cleavage of 14CO2.
mesh_terms: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D003653:Decarboxylation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005720:Gamma Rays; D007536:Isomerism; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011830:Radiation Effects
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D010649:Phenylalanine