title: Formation of amino acids from reactor-irradiated ammonium acetate.
abstract: Ammonium acetate in various conditions was irradiated in a reactor to examine the contributions of both the reactor radiations and recoiled 14C nucleus to form the biologically interesting molecules. Present investigations demonstrated that several amino acids, glycine, alanine, beta-alanine and GABA, and may-be aspartic acid, serine and valine by prolonged irradiation, were formed in the aqueous solutions of ammonium acetate. 14C-radioactivities were also found distributed in these amino acids. However, no special relationship between 14C-radioactivity and these amino acids formed was observed.
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000528:radiation effects*; D000409:Alanine / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D005720:Gamma Rays; D005998:Glycine / Q000138:chemical synthesis
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D000596:Amino Acids; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D000409:Alanine; C018824:ammonium acetate; D005998:Glycine