Fig. 7. Cocaine-induced anaerobic characters.
The cells were treated with various concentrations of cocaine for 1 h. Lactate was measured by colorimetric (a) method (n = 12). Medium from the untreated cells was taken as a control while the medium without cells was used as a blank. Confirmation of lactate release by1H+ NMR (b) spectroscopy. Lactate peaks are visible in the spectra at 1.25 ppm for the methyl group (doublet) and 4.04 ppm for the methine group (quartet), c H2S production (n = 16), and d ATP measurement by bioluminescence (n = 8). Significant in comparison to the control (*P < 0.05 or **P < 0.01, one-way ANOVA, Dunnett’s multiple comparison test)