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Published Online: Jan 06, 2015
Page range: 183 - 190
Received: Jan 03, 1985
Accepted: Dec 18, 1985
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0567
© 1986 Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International
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By a method of thermal analysis and smoke analysis of cellulose cigarettes treated with various nitrogenous compounds, it was found that nitric oxide in sidestream smoke is formed not only from nitrates but also from amino acids and water-insoluble protein, while little of the nitric oxide in mainstream smoke is formed from these organic nitrogenous compounds.