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Scientists have uncovered how tobacco plants naturally make nicotine, solving a mystery that has puzzled researchers for nearly two centuries. The discovery, published in Nature Communications, could ...

This week's video explores the tobacco plant, focusing on Nicotiana rustica, also known as Aztec tobacco or strong tobacco.

Methyl nicotines are defined here as nicotine analog compounds in which an additional methyl group is present on either the pyridine ring or the pyrrolidine ring of the nicotine structure. When the ...

Nicotine, a potent insecticidal alkaloid unique to the nightshade family, has been employed in agriculture as a pesticide since 1690. It also has therapeutic potential for neurological disorders such ...