<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> A gas chromatographic method for the determination of nicotine in low-nicotine tobacco is described. Tobacco samples are extracted with sodium hydroxide solution and chloroform. Nicotine in the chloroform is determined by gas chromatography. The method is applied to different tobacco types of varying nicotine levels and compared with other methods. The method is simple, rapid, and yields reproducible results.</p></abstract>

A gas chromatographic method for the determination of nicotine in low-nicotine tobacco is described. Tobacco samples are extracted with sodium hydroxide solution and chloroform. Nicotine in the chloroform is determined by gas chromatography. The method is applied to different tobacco types of varying nicotine levels and compared with other methods. The method is simple, rapid, and yields reproducible results.

Determination of Nicotine in Low-Nicotine Tobacco

Research Department, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.

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A gas chromatographic method for the determination of nicotine in low-nicotine tobacco is described. Tobacco samples are extracted with sodium hydroxide...

Determination of Nicotine in Low-Nicotine Tobacco

Published Online: Aug 14, 2014

Page range: 359 - 361

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0402

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