Letter: Tar and nicotine yields of cigarettes.
1975
H R Bentley
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009538
Nicotine
Nicotine is highly toxic alkaloid. It is the prototypical agonist at nicotinic cholinergic receptors where it dramatically stimulates neurons and ultimately blocks synaptic transmission. Nicotine is also important medically because of its presence in tobacco smoke.
Nicotine Bitartrate,Nicotine Tartrate
D010947
Plants, Toxic
Plants or plant parts which are harmful to man or other animals.
Country in northwestern Europe including Great Britain and the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland, located between the North Sea and north Atlantic Ocean. The capital is London.
Great Britain,Isle of Man
D013638
Tars
Viscous materials composed of complex, high-molecular-weight compounds derived from the distillation of petroleum or the destructive distillation of wood or coal. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
D014026
Nicotiana
A plant genus of the family SOLANACEAE. Members contain NICOTINE and other biologically active chemicals; the dried leaves of Nicotiana tabacum are used for SMOKING.