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===Testing=== | ===Testing=== | ||
UV flourescence spectroscopy will destroy the sample. | UV flourescence spectroscopy will destroy the sample. | ||
The Ehrlich reagent is sensitive to indole alkaloids, turning purple or dark pink. This is qualitative (basically "present" or "not present"), has many false positives (pyridoxine, other tryptamines...), and can't speak to purity. If it fails, however, you almost certainly have no ergoline, and will not be going to space today. | |||
* NMR '''WRITEME''' | * NMR '''WRITEME''' | ||
====Mass spectrometry==== | ====Mass spectrometry==== | ||