[EPR- and IR-spectroscopic study of the processes of carbonization of amino acid crystals]

Initial stages of "low temperature" carbonization in crystal amino acids have been studied by ESR- and IR-spectroscopy. It was revealed that block polycondensation of amino acids with the formation of polypeptide chains took place. In the air oxygen also surface carbonization of crystals took place; it became stronger with the occurrence of radiation defects.