Correlations between Main Tobacco Components and Smoke Condensate Yields / Beziehungen zwischen den Hauptbestandteilen des Cigarettentabaks und den Rauchkondensaten
Published Online: Jun 13, 2014
Page range: 15 - 18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0090
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Cigarettes with similar parameters were made from various tobaccos of definite types and sources. These were chemically defined according to nicotine, total reducing substances, soluble carbohydrates, polyphenols, total nitrogen, protein nitrogen, total ash, ethanol extractible substances, resins, ''wax'', and raw fiber. The smoke condensate was also determined. The following results were obtained from 17 different kinds of tobacco:
1. A positive correlation between the resin content in the leaf and smoke condensate yield. Calculations gave a coefficient of correlation (r) of 0.69 (statistical significant (99 %)).
2.The same positive correlation, with a coefficient of correlation of 0.63 (statistical significant (99 %)), was found in relation to the nicotine content of the leaf.
3. Other substances determined in the leaf do not seem to be tied to smoke condensate yield.
4. The same conclusions are valid when the smoke yield is measured in tars soluble in chloroform