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The gamma-induced decarboxylation ofβ-phenylalanine in the solid state is a chain reaction. Both enantiomers and the racemate ofβ-phenylalanine-1-14C show different exponential dose-effect curves for the radiation-induced cleavage of14CO2.
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Merwitz, O. Selective radiolysis of enantiomers. Radiat Environ Biophys 13, 63–69 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01323625
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