https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj By: Kelly Aguilar and Agustin Camus en-us 2016-05-04 12:48:26 UTC 2016-05-11 11:10:17 UTC hello@padlet.com agustin_camus2 https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109457987 It's molecular weight is 162.26. Nicotine is a liquid alkaloid. It is water soluble, sting liquid, and has a pKa of 8.5. it is a bitter-tasting liquid which is strongly alkaline in reaction and forms salt with acids. Nicotine is highly addictive. It has a melting point of -7,9°C, and a boiling point of 247°C. The density 1,010. Some other properties consist of it being pale yellow to dark a brown liquid with a slight, fishy odor when warm.]]> 2016-05-05 15:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109457987 agustin_camus2 https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109459142 Nicotine can be used in the medical field for many things. Such as, an acetylcholine receptor in the brain, which can treat wounds, depression, ADHD, anxiety, and other disorders .]]> 2016-05-05 16:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109459142 agustin_camus2 https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109459597 Nicotine can be used for good things like treat some disorders such as, ADHD, anxiety, depression, and other disorders. On the other hand, it can be used for bad things for example, in cigarettes nicotine can be found and that is what makes one addicted to smoking. It is very hard to overcome this addiction which can make you smoke more and later off dying to a disease caused by smoking.]]> 2016-05-05 16:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109459597 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109521223 Nicotine is a naturally occurring alkaloid chemical compound found in tobacco, coca, and some other vegetables in smaller quantities like green pepper. The chemical nicotine is the chemical that has been considered and is what causes people to get addicted to cigarettes. It can be found in lower concentrations in potatoes, tomatoes, or eggplants.

]]> 2016-05-05 20:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109521223 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109522114 The chemical formula for nicotine is C10H14N2, with a molecular mass of 162.23, meaning that a single molecule has 10 carbon atoms, 14 hydrogen atoms, and two nitrogen atoms. Nicotine is a covalent bond because it has a higher electronegative , which also means it has a particle positve charge.]]> 2016-05-05 20:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109522114 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109524119 Nicotine is an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants (Solanaceae), predominantly in tobacco, and in lower quantities in tomato, potato, eggplant (aubergine), and green pepper. Nicotine alkaloids are also found in the leaves of the coca plant. Nicotine constitutes 0.3 to 5 percent of the tobacco plant by dry weight, with biosynthesis taking place in the roots, and accumulates in the leaves. It is a potent neurotoxin and is included in many insecticides. In lower concentrations, the substance acts as a stimulant and is one of the main factors responsible for the dependence-forming properties of tobacco smoking.

]]> 2016-05-05 20:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109524119 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109524628 Nicotine is made by several types of plants, including the tobacco plant. Nicotine is also produced synthetically. Nicotiana tabacum, the type of nicotine found in tobacco plants, comes from the nightshade family. Red peppers, eggplant, tomatoes and potatoes are examples of the nightshade family. Apart from being a substance found in tobacco products, nicotine is also an antiherbivore chemical, specifically for the elimination of insects - it used to be extensively used as an insecticide.

]]> 2016-05-05 21:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109524628 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109525032 Nicotine was isolated from tobacco leaves in 1828, but the powerful effects of nicotine were already well recognized. The tobacco plant is native to the Americas and its use as a medicine and stimulant goes back at least 2000 years and most likely many millennia before that. South American temple carvings show Mayan priests enjoying the benefits of this drug from smoking tobacco through a pipe. Tobacco appears to part of the healing arts and sacred rituals of many of the native peoples of the Americas. Crude nicotine was known by 1571, and the compound was obtained in purified form in 1828; the correct molecular formula was established in 1843, and the first laboratory synthesis was reported in 1904. Nicotine is one of the few liquid alkaloids. In its pure state it is a colourless, odourless liquid with an oily consistency, but when exposed to light or air, it acquires a brown colour and gives off a strong odour of tobacco. ]]> 2016-05-05 21:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109525032 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109525256 2016-05-05 21:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109525256 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109525476 2016-05-05 21:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109525476 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109525652 2016-05-05 21:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109525652 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109525892 2016-05-05 21:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109525892 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109526013 2016-05-05 21:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109526013 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109528522

Nicotine addiction has been one of the hardest addictions to break.  

Insignificant amounts of nicotine is also found in tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants and leaves of cocoa plants other than tobacco. 

Like caffeine, nicotine is toxic to certain insects and was used as an insecticide.

Nicotine burns at a temperature below it’s boiling point, which happens continuously as a cigarette is smoked.

It takes only 7 seconds for nicotine to hit the brain when inhaled.   

The pleasure feeling generated by nicotine is similar to that caused by cocaine and heroin, thus causing the addiction associated with the need to sustain high dopamine levels. Smoking has been reported to make you feel relax, calm, and alert.

Even concentration and memory are increased, but all nicotine effects will only last from anywhere between 5 minutes to 2 hours. To sustain the pleasant effects, a smoker would have to puff an average of 20 cigarettes in 24 hours.

Quick puffs by smokers produces a stimulating effect, whereas deep puffs produces a relaxing effect. This is because quick puffs produce low blood nicotine levels, whereas deep puffs depresses the passage of nerve impulses, producing a mild sedative effect.

]]> 2016-05-05 21:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109528522 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109529018 2016-05-05 21:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109529018 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109529053 2016-05-05 21:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109529053 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109529397 2016-05-05 21:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109529397 agustin_camus2 https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109755830 The cause of the usage of nicotine is mostly up to the person especially when it comes to smoking. One chooses if they want to smoke even though it's highly not recommended since it can cause terrible diseases that can cause death. Effects of the usage of nicotine include impacts in the brain, heart, arteries, eyes, metabolism, reproductive system, and bones. In the brain it causes chemical changes, addiction, light-headedness, sleep disturbance, dizziness, and tremors. Nicotine increases heart rate and raises blood pressure when it stimulates the release of adrenaline. Nicotine reduces ability to see at night by stopping the production of pigments in eyes specially designed for low light vision. Nicotine increases calories burned but decreases endurance by wasting energy in the effort. Nicotine prohibits proper blood circulation and is a leading case of erectile dysfunction for men under 40. After use over time, nicotine alters cellular structures and has been found to increase risk for fractures.]]> 2016-05-08 17:26:25 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109755830 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109968769 Tobacco, baccy, cigarettes, ciggies, fags, bifters, rollies, snuff, snout]]> 2016-05-09 20:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109968769 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109969467 The French ambassador in Portugal, Jean Nicot de Villemain, sent tobacco and seeds to Paris from Brazil in 1560, saying that tobacco had medicinal uses. From his name came the Latin name for the tobacco plant - Nicotianana tabacum. Nicot sent snuff - powdered tobacco that is sniffed through the nostril - to Catherine de Medici, the Queen of France at the time. He said it would treat her migraines. Nicot, who suffered from headaches said the snuff helped relieve symptoms. The Queen tried it and said it was effective. She said that tobacco should be called the Herba Regina(the herb of the queen). In 1828, Wilhelm Heinrich Posselt, a doctor, and Karl Ludwig Reinmann, a chemist, both from Germany, first isolated nicotine from the tobacco plant. They said it was a poison. Louise Melsens, a Belgian chemist and physicist, described nicotine's empirical formula in 1843, and Adolf Pinner and Richard Wolffenstein, both chemists from Germany, described its structure in 1893. In 1904, nicotine was first synthesized by A. Pictet and P. Crepieux.

]]> 2016-05-09 20:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/109969467 kellyaguilar123_ka https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/110107272 2016-05-10 14:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/110107272 agustin_camus2 https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/110210585 More Colombians die every year from American tobacco than Americans die from Colombian cocaine. About 60% of cigarettes in New York are black market cigarettes that are being smuggled into New York illegally. 20 Pounds of Eggplant contains as much nicotine as a cigarette. Tobacco companies pay for most, if not all, of the anti-tobacco commercials you see.]]> 2016-05-10 22:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/agustin_camus2/nicotineproj/wish/110210585