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History
>Named after Jean Nicot, who was a French ambassador in Portugal
>Sent Tobacco seeds from Brazil to Paris in 1560
>Sent Tobacco seeds from Brazil to Paris in 1560
>First isolated from the tobacco plant in 1828 by physician Wilhelm
Heinrich Posselt (picture) and chemist Karl Ludwig Reimann
Heinrich Posselt (picture) and chemist Karl Ludwig Reimann
>First synthesized by Auguste Pictet (picture) and Crepieux in 1904