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THE radiolysis of dilute aqueous solutions of the thiols cysteine1–3, cysteamine4 and mercaptoethylguanidine5,6 has been investigated by various workers, who have shown that in oxygenated systems a short chain mechanism occurs yielding the corresponding disulphide as the major product. Swallow1 suggested the following mechanism: 
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PACKER, J. Radiolysis of Aqueous Solutions of Hydrogen Sulphide and an Interpretation of Radiolytic Thiol Oxidation. Nature 194, 81–82 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194081a0
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