Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid BennuOPEN ACCESS 

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Gamma-Ray-Induced Synthesis of Sugars in Meteorite Parent BodiesOPEN ACCESS 

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Shunpei Abe, Isao Yoda, Kensei Kobayashi, and Yoko Kebukawa* ACS Earth and Space ChemistryAugust 15, 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Sugars play an indispensable role for all living organisms. Given that certain sugars have…

The astrochemical evolutionary traits of phospholipid membrane homochirality

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Jana Bocková, Nykola C. Jones, Søren V. Hoffmann & Cornelia Meinert Nature Reviews Chemistry, Review Article, Published: 18 July 2024 LINK “Compartmentalization is crucial for the evolution of life. Present-day phospholipid membranes exhibit a high…

Extraterrestrial ribose and other sugars in primitive meteoritesOPEN ACCESS 

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Yoshihiro Furukawa, Yoshito Chikaraishi, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Nanako O. Ogawa, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Chiaki Abe, and Tomoki Nakamura PNAS December 3, 2019 116 (49) 24440-24445; first published November 18, 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…

Enantiomer excesses of rare and common sugar derivatives in carbonaceous meteorites

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George Cooper and Andro C. Rios PNAS2016 ; published ahead of print May 31, 2016, doi:10.1073/pnas.1603030113 LINK “Significance The majority of biological sugars and their derivatives contain higher abundances of the “d” mirror-image forms relative…

Reactivity and Survivability of Glycolaldehyde in Simulated Meteorite Impact Experiments

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V.P. McCaffrey, N.E.B. Zellner, C.M. Waun, E.R. Bennett, E.K. Earl Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres February 2014, Volume 44, Issue 1, pp 29-42 PDF (full text) abstract

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