Does cotinine act upon reactive oxygen species and peroxidases?

Nicotine, an oxidizing agent, is certainly one of the most widely used alkaloids in the world. It is, together with its main metabolite, cotinine, responsible for tobacco-dependence. The use of tobacco is closely associated with lung disease, morphological leukocyte modification and generation of ox...

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Main Authors: José Carlos Rebuglio Vellosa, Najeh Maissar Khalil, Luiz Marcos da Fonseca, Iguatemy Lourenço Brunetti, Olga Maria Mascarenhas de Faria Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2018-03-01
Series:Eclética Química
Online Access:https://revista.iq.unesp.br/ojs/index.php/ecletica/article/view/354