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Tobacco Testing - Nicotine
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.
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 In low concentrations, the substance acts as a stimulant in mammals. Nicotine is named after the tobacco plant Nicotiana tabacum, named after Jean Nicot de Villemain, the French ambassador in Portugal in 1560. He promoted the tobacco plant's medicinal use. Nicotine was first isolated from the tobacco plant in 1828 by German chemists Posselt and Reimann. |
| Alkaloids |
| Ammonia |
| pH, moisture & density |
| Tobacco specific nitrosamines |
| Metals |
| Nitrate |
| B[a]P |
| Humectants |
| Triacetin |
| Sodium propionate |
| Sorbic acid |
| Menthol |
| Eugenol |
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