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- Nicotine's chemical structure
- Nicotine's uses and importance
- Nicotine's chemical properties/reaction tendencies
- Nicotine and Addiction
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Nicotine's uses
>primary use is within cigarettes and other tobacco products.
>Nicotine is the compound within tobacco products which makes these products addicitve.
>Nicotine is the compound within tobacco products which makes these products addicitve.
Nicotine as an insecticide
Nicotine is also an insectice approved by the FDA:
>one of the few natural insecticed to which bugs have not been able to build resistance against.
>As an insecticide, nicotine is usually is marketed as a 40% liquid concentrate of nicotine
sulfate, which is diluted in water and applied as a spray.
>Used primarily for piercing sucking-insects such as aphids, whitefiles, leaf hoppers and thrips.
>More effective when applied during warm weather.
>Degrades quickly, so can be used on many food plants nearing harvest. It is registered for use on a wide range of vegetable and fruit crops.
>one of the few natural insecticed to which bugs have not been able to build resistance against.
>As an insecticide, nicotine is usually is marketed as a 40% liquid concentrate of nicotine
sulfate, which is diluted in water and applied as a spray.
>Used primarily for piercing sucking-insects such as aphids, whitefiles, leaf hoppers and thrips.
>More effective when applied during warm weather.
>Degrades quickly, so can be used on many food plants nearing harvest. It is registered for use on a wide range of vegetable and fruit crops.