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Extraction of Non-Protein Amino Acids from Cyanobacteria for Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analysis
Published on: December 9, 2022
Energy absorption and exposure buildup factors of essential amino acids
Ertuğrul Bursalıoğlu1, Begüm Balkan1, H Birtan Kavanoz1
1Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Yıldız Technical University, Davutpasa, 34220 Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
The effective atomic number and effective electron density in amino acids are of significant interest due to their use in various applications. The energy absorption buildup factors, exposure buildup factors, effective atomic numbers, and electron densities of essential amino acids such as Leucine (C6H13NO2), Lysine (C6H14N2O2), Methionine (C5H11NO2S), Phenylalanine (C9H11NO2), Threonine (C4H9NO3), Tryptophan (C11H12N2O2), Valine (C5H11NO2), Arginine (C6H14N4O2), and Histidine (C6H9N3O2) were determined theoretically in the energy range 0.015-15 MeV.
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