Semina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas (Jan 2004)
The origin of life and the prebiotic chemistry
Abstract
In the present paper, a historical view from Oparin-Haldane hypothesis to prebiotic chemistry is discussed. Several aspects of prebiotic chemistry are also discussed such as: environments where the abiotic synthesis of biomolecules and biopolymers could be occurred, primitive metabolism and genetic code, selection of L-amino acids and panspermia.
