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Mystery Surrounding One of Life's Essential Chemical Compounds Solved?
Mystery Surrounding One of Life's Essential Chemical Compounds Solved?
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A team of scientists has suggested that their findings could shed light on the possible origins of life on our planet. 24.02.2024, Sputnik Africa
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Chemists from the University College London have produced pantethine, a chemical compound integral to the origins of life on Earth, in a laboratory, according to findings published in the scientific journal Science.Initial attempts to produce pantethine began in 1995, but researchers only got scarce quantities of the compound through methods impossible on prehistoric Earth. Hence, researchers concluded that pantethine had no part in the origin of life.However, this new study by British scientists has synthesized significant amounts of pantethine. They accomplished this by using water maintained at room temperature containing hydrogen cyanide, a compound that could be found in abundance on Earth in ancient times.The researchers believe that the discovery of pantethine offers insights into how life may have originated on our planet. They suggested that lakes and other large bodies of water could have been the cradle of life, rather than oceans, with their high chemical concentrations.Prior scientific investigations also indicated the possibility of prehistoric life on Mars.
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Mystery Surrounding One of Life's Essential Chemical Compounds Solved?
11:57 24.02.2024 (Updated: 16:55 24.02.2024) A team of scientists has suggested that their findings could shed light on the possible origins of life on our planet.
Chemists from the University College London have produced
pantethine, a chemical compound integral to the
origins of life on Earth, in a laboratory, according to findings published in the scientific journal
Science.
Initial attempts to produce pantethine began in 1995, but researchers only got scarce quantities of the compound through methods impossible on prehistoric Earth. Hence, researchers concluded that pantethine had no part in the origin of life.
However, this new study by British scientists has synthesized significant amounts of pantethine. They accomplished this by using water maintained at room temperature containing hydrogen cyanide, a compound that could be found in abundance on Earth in ancient times.
The
researchers believe that the discovery of pantethine offers insights into how life may have originated on our planet. They suggested that lakes and other large bodies of water could have been the cradle of life, rather than oceans, with their high chemical concentrations.
Prior scientific
investigations also indicated the possibility of prehistoric life on Mars.
