and a substantial enhancement of the signal by ammoniation
of the brominated triglycerides and detection of the ammoniated
adduct (M+NH4)+ (McIntyre, 2008). Under these conditions a
full scan analysis revealed the detection of a number of clusters
of ions whose centroids evidenced a sequential increase of 2 bromine
atoms in a ammoniated C18 fatty acid-based triacylglyceride structure
(TAG) as follows: m/z 1067 (TAG-Br2), m/z 1225 (TAG-Br4), m/z
1383 (TAG-Br6), m/z 1541 (TAG-Br8), m/z 1700 (TAG-Br10), and m/z
1858 (TAG-Br12) (Fig. 2).