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Michael H. Engel
Researcher at University of Oklahoma
Publications - 126
Citations - 5202
Michael H. Engel is an academic researcher from University of Oklahoma. The author has contributed to research in topics: Amino acid & Meteorite. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 123 publications receiving 4923 citations.
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Isotopic evidence for extraterrestrial non- racemic amino acids in the Murchison meteorite
TL;DR: It is shown that individual amino-acid enantiomers from Murchison are enriched in 15N relative to their terrestrial counterparts, so confirming an extraterrestrial source for an L-enantiomer excess in the Solar System that may predate the origin of life on the Earth.
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Stable carbon isotope analysis of amino acid enantiomers by conventional isotope ratio mass spectrometry and combined gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry
TL;DR: In this paper, a combined gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/IRMS) method for stable carbon isotope analysis of amino acid enantiomers is presented.
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Carbon isotope composition of individual amino acids in the Murchison meteorite
TL;DR: The amino acids in the Murchison meteorite are enriched in 13C, indicating an extraterrestrial origin, and Alanine is not racemic, and the 13C enrichment of its D- and L-enantiomers implies that the excess of the L- enantiomer is indigenous rather than terrestrial contamination, suggesting that optically active materials were present in the early Solar System before life began.
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Documenting the diet in ancient human populations through stable isotope analysis of hair.
Stephen A. Macko,Michael H. Engel,Vladimir Andrusevich,Gert Lubec,Tamsin C. O'Connell,Robert E. M. Hedges +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that a commonly overlooked material, human hair, may represent an ideal material to be used in addressing human diets of ancient civilizations, and isotopically characterized modern individuals for whom the diet has been documented.