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RADIATION MEASUREMENTS
Volume 116, Issue -, Pages 55-59Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.07.007
Keywords
Phenylalanine; Radiolysis; Radiochemical yields; Proton beam
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- Institut National Du Cancer
- Plan cancer 2014-2019 program
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Phenylalanine aqueous solutions were irradiated with Bragg-Peak energy protons (0.6-5.6 MeV). An innovative circulation setup has been developed for the irradiation of these solutions with low-energy protons. Every detectable radiolysis product has been identified and quantified after irradiation. While tyrosines are well-known products of phenylalanine radiolysis, 2,5-dihydroxyphenylalanine and dimers were detected in high quantities, for the first time. The track-yields (G'-values) of all products formed under proton irradiation were determined and compared to those obtained with gamma-rays, and 2,5-dopa and dimers production seems to be specific to accelerated ions. A bi-radical mechanism could explain their higher production with a higher density of energy deposition in the track structure.
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