Adsorption Of Adenine (Nucleic Acid Bases) On Metal Ferrocyanides In Relevance To Origin Of Life

摘要

Clay might have played a significant role in primitive earth through the process of concentration and adsorption of the biologically formed biomonomers and thus protecting them against hydrolytic fission. Adsorption of adenine was studied in presence of metal ferrocyanides. Studies carried out have shown that adsorption of adenine was dependent on pH and shows Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Percent binding and values of Langmuir adsorption isotherm on metal ferrocyanides show that adsorption trend largely depend on the nature of adsorbate and the adsorbent.