Nicotine

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NICOTINE

Nicotine Compound

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Nicotine Compound

Introduction

Nicotine is an alkaloid found primarily in plant snuff (in amounts ranging between 0.3% and 5%), but it is present in minute quantities in tomato, potato, and green pepper. In small concentrations is a stimulant, the main substance that produces snuff dependence. The history of nicotine as it begins when it was given its name from the plant Nicotiana tabacum, which was called in this way when the French ambassador Jean Nicot, sent snuff seeds from Portugal to Paris in 1550 our was to promote its medicinal use. In the year 1828, when nicotine was isolated ...
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