Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 3

Detection of nicotine by a new system:

  • Author:
  • Kamalakshi Krishnamurthy1, Thant Zin2, K. Priyamvatha3, Mahadeva U. S. Rao2,*, M. Suganya4
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 179 to 180

1Additional Director and Director (i/c) - Retired, Forensic Sciences DepartmentMylapore, Chennai, India

2School of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

3Former Student of Women's Christian College, Chennai, India

4People's College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

*Corresponding Author E-mail: raousm@gmail.com, raousm@unisza.edu.my

Online published on 22 February, 2023.

Abstract

Nicotine (C10 H14 N2) exists in all parts of the plant but notably in the leaves. Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually grown herbaceous plant of the Nicotiana genus. In this study a rapid and sensitive evaluation of Nicotine by Thin Layer Chromatography is carried out.

Keywords

Nicotine, Smoking, Thin layer chromatography, Tobacco, Carcinogen