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				<p>The relative proportions of the major smoke components and N-containing components in the semi-volatile phase and the non-volatile phase from some varieties of tobacco, i.e. flue-cured, Burley and Turkish tobacco, were determined. In flue-cured tobacco smoke, 2-furfural, 5-methylfurfural, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and other carbohydrate pyrolysates, catechols and organic acids were present in higher concentrations than in the smoke from the other tobaccos. In Burley tobacco smoke, myosmine was present in much higher concentration than in the smoke from the other tobaccos. In Turkish tobacco smoke, glycerol and β-methylvaleric acid were both present in much higher concentrations. </p>
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The relative proportions of the major smoke components and N-containing components in the semi-volatile phase and the non-volatile phase from some varieties of tobacco, i.e. flue-cured, Burley and Turkish tobacco, were determined. In flue-cured tobacco smoke, 2-furfural, 5-methylfurfural, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and other carbohydrate pyrolysates, catechols and organic acids were present in higher concentrations than in the smoke from the other tobaccos. In Burley tobacco smoke, myosmine was present in much higher concentration than in the smoke from the other tobaccos. In Turkish tobacco smoke, glycerol and β-methylvaleric acid were both present in much higher concentrations.

Composition Studies on some Varieties of Tobacco and their Smoke: I. Major Components in Smoke Condensate

Central Research Institute, The japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation, Yokohama, Japan

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The relative proportions of the major smoke components and N-containing components in the semi-volatile phase and the non-volatile phase from some varieties of...

Composition Studies on some Varieties of Tobacco and their Smoke: I. Major Components in Smoke Condensate

Online veröffentlicht: 14. Aug. 2014

Seitenbereich: 31 - 38

Eingereicht: 26. Feb. 1979

Akzeptiert: 22. Juni 1979

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0466

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