Biotechnological Reduction of Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum L.) Toxicity

Background: Nicotiana tobacco contains large amounts of alkaloid nicotine. Tobacco plant is used for smoking and causes many health problems since it is high in nicotine which is one of the widely-recognized toxic compounds with serious side effects for different body organs. Reducing nicotine conte...

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Main Authors: Samane Sattar, Gholamreza Asghari, Ali Akbar Ehsanpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arak University of Medical Sciences 2012-11-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Toxicology
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Online Access:http://ijt.arakmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_id=149&slc_lang=en&sid=1&ftxt=1