DETERMINATION OF NICOTINE CONCENTRATION FROM TOBACCO CIGARETTE

M. Musa, E.A  Bagna, U. Abdulmuminu, L. Abubakar, S. Muhammad, S.M Adamu

Department of Chemistry, 

Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Nigeria.

Email: mustaphamusa63@yahoo.com

Abstract: Tobacco is a plant of night shaded family which possesses high nicotine concentration in its leaves, Nicotine is a naturally occurring alkaloid found primarily in the members of the Solanaceae family, which includes tobacco. Nicotine, (C₁₀H₁₂N₂) (S)-3-(1methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl) pyridine, is the most abundant of the volatile alkaloids in the tobacco leaf. Tobacco have different chemical characteristics and nicotine concentrations, based on that, this research analyse and compare the concentration of nicotine in fifteen different tobacco as claim by the manufacturers (cigarette) using UV-Spectrophotometer. The result of the analysis shows that there is inconsistency in the actual amount of nicotine and the stated concentration of nicotine on the manufacturer’s package

Keywords: Tobacco, Cigarette, Nicotine, Concentration