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It is a pyrodlidine [[alkaloid]] found in the plants of the Solanacae family, especially the [[tobacco]] plant. Its [[chemical formula]] is C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>14</sub>N<sub>2</sub>. It was first isolated by the German chemists Poiselt and Riemann. When it comes into the body's system it is absorbed into the [[blood]]stream as [[continine]], which remains in the system for 48 to 96 hours.
It is a pyrodlidine [[alkaloid]] found in the plants of the Solanacae family, especially the [[tobacco]] plant. Its [[chemical formula]] is C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>14</sub>N<sub>2</sub>. It was first isolated by the German chemists Poiselt and Riemann. When it comes into the body's system it is absorbed into the [[blood]]stream as [[continine]], which remains in the system for 48 to 96 hours.
==Addictive properties of nicotine==
The faster nicotine reaches a smoker's brain, the bigger the [[drug rush]].
Nicotine exists in two chemical forms:
*the "bound" form, which the body has trouble absorbing.
*the "free" form, which passes instantly through the mounth, throat and lungs and into the bloodstream.
Free nicotine reaches the brain faster ... gives the smokar a more addictive "kick."
[http://www.jstor.org/pss/20207535 JSTOR: Tobacco Control, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Autumn, 1998), pp. 315-319]
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