Figure 1From: Effect of a short-term in vitro exposure to the marine toxin domoic acid on viability, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, matrix metalloproteinase-9 and superoxide anion release by rat neonatal microgliaDetermination of Domoic acid by electrospray mass spectrometry. (A) The electrospray mass spectrometry spectrum of 12.5 mM Domoic acid shows that the dominate ion in the spectrum is m/z 312.2, the pseudomolecular ion [M+H+] of Domoic acid, demonstrating that undegraded Domoic acid was present in the 12.5 mM stock solution; (B) The electrospray mass spectrometry spectrum of 0.0025 mM Domoic acid, the highest dilution used in the experiments, also shows the presence of undegraded Domoic acid.Back to article page