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Nicotine (a plant alkaloid, found in the tobacco plant, and addictive central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that causes either ganglionic stimulation in low doses or ganglionic blockage in high doses)

class, substance, organic compound, drug, recreational drug, chemical compound, stimulant, Cyclic Compound, alkaloid, medical concept, Nicotinic cholinergic agonists, Drugs, hormones and biological mediators
CAS registry_number, CAS Code
"54-11-5"
Symbol, Chemical Symbol
"C10H14N2"
Class
▶
drug; chemical compound; organic compound; stimulant; alkaloid;  …
Parent Class
drug, stimulant, recreational drug, Nicotinic cholinergic agonists
Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine
Experts
Richard Wolffenstein
PubChem ID
"942"
ATC Prefix
"N07"
Contained in
tobacco
Interacts with
testosterone
See also
Nicotine polacrilex, Tobacco smoking
Freebase ID
"/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000004c2fc"
Related Websites
http://www.erowid.org/plants/tobacco/tobacco.shtml, http://www.nida.nih.gov/researchreports/nicotine/nicotine.html, http://www.howstuffworks.com/nicotine.htm, http://www.stopsmoking.net/about_add.html
OpenCyc ID
"Mx4rv2QkOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"
DrugBank URI
http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/drugbank/resource/drugs/DB00184
DBPedia URI
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Nicotine
Mesh ID
"D009538"
Diseases DB id
"30389"
Contra-indications
pregnancy
Freebase Primary MID
"/m/09jrx"
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Tell me what you know about nicotine, an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants that constitutes approximately 0.6–3.0% of the dry weight of tobacco, with biosynthesis taking place in the roots and accumulation occurring in the leaves.
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