title: Analysis of the dose-response relationships following the irradiation of amino acids.
abstract: A comparison is made between results recently reported on the induction of free radicals in irradiated alanine and studies previously published on irradiated amino acids. It is shown that there is good qualitative agreement between the old and the new measurements although several quantitative inconsistencies are noted. A query is raised as to whether the new data can truly be interpreted in terms of the theory of track structure when some of the effects observed are not fully taken into account.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005609:Free Radicals; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D005609:Free Radicals