image<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Figure 1\u20131. Stereoisomers of the glyceraldehyde and alanine. In both\ncases D- and L-isomers represent mirror images of one another.<\/pre>\n\n\n\nIt was L. Pasteur who first paid attention to this finding. Assuming
optical activity of living matter a criterion he defined it as \u201cthe sole
demarcation line (la seule ligne de demarcation) which can be drawn
between the chemistry of living and non-living matter\u201d. Pasteur has made
considerable efforts for the clarification of this problem considering
molecular asymmetry a discovery of his showing the true path towards
revealing \u201cthe secrets of life\u201d. His grandson Vallery-Radot remembers him
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