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CREATING CHIRALS. "It is possible to create "asymmetrical molecules of life" in space-like conditions from a mixture that does not contain any chiral substances...lends further weight to the idea that chiral asymmetry originates in space." https://lnkd.in/e_DRbaG View in LinkedIn

FLAVOR AND AROMA CHIRALITY. Three factors are true in gustation. "High similarity of aromas between different compounds with very dissimilar chemical structures; differing character of aroma between molecules of chemical compounds with very similar structures; the phenomenon of isomerism, occurring only in organic chemistry." https://lnkd.in/enRqV7d View in LinkedIn

CREATING CHIRALS. "It is possible to create "asymmetrical molecules of life" in space-like conditions from a mixture that does not contain any chiral substances...lends further weight to the idea that chiral asymmetry originates in space." https://lnkd.in/e_DRbaG View in LinkedIn

AUTHENTICITY assessments of food flavors and essential oils has spawned a significant literature. https://lnkd.in/e7dadSh View in LinkedIn

CHIRAL MOLECULES AND METEORITES. "Specifically, they found a 1.3% reduction...in the amount of left-handed alanine...is of the same order of magnitude as the asymmetric fraction of amino acids discovered in primitive meteorites." https://lnkd.in/e_DRbaG View in LinkedIn

MANY ESSENTIAL OILS are made by organic synthesis from petrochemical precursors that have nothing to do with the original source, and many (most) are subject to scurrilous dilution and adulteration. Just check out truffle odor for instance. Never again. https://lnkd.in/euiVBnE View in LinkedIn

CHIRAL MOLECULES AND METEORITES. "Irradiation of interstellar-like matter creates an organic residue that contains a noticeable asymmetry in the chiral amino acid alanine." https://lnkd.in/e_DRbaG View in LinkedIn

CHIRALITY FROM OUTER SPACE. "A substantial fraction of the organic compounds on the early earth may have been derived from comet and meteorite impacts. The stable carbon isotope composition of individual amino acids in Murchison (meteorite) support an extraterrestrial origin -- rather than a terrestrial overprint of biological amino acids." https://lnkd.in/ekaC-VJ View in LinkedIn

THE $64,000 QUESTION. "Why are the molecules of life not ambidextrous? The interactions of light and magnetic fields might explain the way that life has a mysterious twist at its core." https://lnkd.in/eDJyJTn View in LinkedIn

NOT ALWAYS BETTER. "Optically pure pharmaceuticals may undergo racemization in vivo negating single enantiomer benefits or inducing unexpected effects...enantiomers may possess different carcinogenicity or teratogenicity." https://lnkd.in/ebgdD7x View in LinkedIn