In article <338D449F.6436 at uclink4.berkeley.edu>,
matt wachowiak <mattw at uclink4.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>Tim Hays wrote:
>>>> Does anyone know how long Bicuculline or muscimol can stay frozen in
>> deionized water without significant degredation? Also, do these
>> substances dissolve into a water "easily"? Thanks in advance
>> for any help!
>> --
>> _____________________________________
>>Bicucculine is not very soluble in water, but bicucculine methiodide
>is. If you do manage to get bicucculine into solution and freeze it it
>wil most likely come out of solution upon thawing. Muscimol is freely
>soluble and can be stored for long periods without significant
>degradation. That is my experienece at least.
Yep,
Our bicuculline methiodide was active after up to 6 months frozen storage.
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