Assertion: amino acid | /r/CapableOf | change upon death of the plant or animal
Facets:
value: spontaneously
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Since the amino acids in proteins of living things are of the L-form, but upon death of the plant or animal spontaneously tend to change to mixtures of the L- and D-forms, the extent of this racemization process could possibly serve as a dating method.