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Tobacco Testing - Alkaloids

Tobacco is a commodity of fascinating complexity. This range of tests will allow you to better understand the series of components which make up processed tobacco and are applicable to tobacco from cigarettes, cigars or Roll-Your-Own products.

The components of tobacco can be understood from the range of tests found below. Click on each substance tested for further information and interesting facts.

Nicotine

Alkaloids

Alkaloids are produced by a large variety of organisms, including bacteria, fungi, plants and animals and are part of the group of secondary metabolites

Nornicotine
A colorless liquid alkaloid which can be extracted from tobacco and used as a plant insecticide.
Myosmine
This is a tobacco alkaloid which has a wide spread occurrence in various foods.
Anabasine
A pyridine alkaloid found in the Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca) plant
Anatabine
A colourless to yellowish liguid which is formed naturally in tobacco plants and is the most abundant of the minor alkaloids

Ammonia

pH, moisture & density

Tobacco specific nitrosamines

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