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Deutsche Nikotin Synonyme

Englische nicotine Synonyme

nicotine Definition

Nicotine
(n.) An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco. It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous.

nicotine Bedeutung

nicotine addiction an addiction to nicotine
nicotine poisoning toxic condition caused by the ingestion or inhalation of large amounts of nicotine
nicotine an alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco, used in medicine and as an insecticide
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Nicotine is a potent parasympathomimetic alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants and is a stimulant drug. Nicotine is a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist, except at nAChR?9 and nAChR?10 where it acts as an antagonist. Nicotine is found in the leaves of Nicotiana rustica in amounts of 2?14%, the tobacco plant Nicotiana tabacum, Duboisia hopwoodii and Asclepias syriaca.