How nicotine is helpfull

1. USES OF NICOTINE:
Submitted to:
Professor Dr. Abida
Submitted by :
Sidra
BS -CHEM-34
Course code: CHEM-462-I
Session : 2016-2020
8th Semester
The Women University Multan

2. Introduction of nicotine:
Nicotine is widely used stimulant and potent
alkaloid that is naturally produced in night shade
family of plant.
Nicotine is obtained from tobacco leaves.
It is act as receptor antagonist.

3. Nicotine plant Dried nicotine

4. Uses of Nicotine:
1:Medical uses:
 The primary therapeutic use of nicotine is treating
nicotine dependence to eliminate smoking and the
damage it does to health.
 Combining nicotine patch use with a faster acting
nicotine replacement, like gum, spray, improve the
odds of treatment succeed.
 Nicotine replace drugs (NRTs) are identified to
minimize addictiveness.

5. Use of nicotine patches to eliminate
addictivetivenes

6. 2: As pesticide:
Nicotine has been used as
an insecticide in the form
of tobacco extract.
In nicotine producing
plants, nicotine functions
as an antiherbavory
chemical.

7. Nicotine as pesticides

8. 3: As Recreational drug:
 Nicotine is used as recreational drug.it is widely
used, highly addictive and hard to discontinue.
 Nicotine user use recreational drugs for change
their mode effects.
 Recreational products are chewing tobacco, cigars,
cigarettes, e- cigarettes etc.

9. Recreational drugs

10. 4:Role in E- Cigarettes use:
 E- cigarettes contains both nicotine and non-
nicotine.
 Cigarettes addiction critically involve dependence
on nicotine, but it is likely that other tobacco
constituent contribute to dependence.
 These alkaloid shown to augment the reinforcing
effects of nicotine on human smokers.