title: Comment on "Ribose and related sugars from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogs".
abstract: Meinert et al (Reports, 8 April 2016, p. 208) reported the formation of prebiotic molecules, including ribose, in an interstellar ice analog experiment. We show that if their experimental procedure is accurately described, much or most of their products may have been formed during their analysis process, not in the parent ice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Yokohama National University, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan.|Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, 13709 Progress Boulevard, Room N112 Alachua, FL 32615, USA.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kawai
mesh_terms: D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D007053:Ice; D012266:Ribose; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D007053:Ice; D012266:Ribose