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Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C10H14N2.2C4H6O6
Molecular Weight 462.4052
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 5 / 5
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of NICOTINE BITARTRATE ANHYDROUS

SMILES

O[C@H]([C@@H](O)C(O)=O)C(O)=O.O[C@H]([C@@H](O)C(O)=O)C(O)=O.CN1CCC[C@H]1C2=CN=CC=C2

InChI

InChIKey=RFEJUZJILGIRHQ-OMDKHLBYSA-N
InChI=1S/C10H14N2.2C4H6O6/c1-12-7-3-5-10(12)9-4-2-6-11-8-9;2*5-1(3(7)8)2(6)4(9)10/h2,4,6,8,10H,3,5,7H2,1H3;2*1-2,5-6H,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/t10-;2*1-,2-/m011/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C10H14N2
Molecular Weight 162.2316
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 1 / 1
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Molecular Formula C4H6O6
Molecular Weight 150.0868
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Description
Sources: www.inchem.org/documents/pims/chemical/nicotine.htm
Curator's Comment: description was created based on several sources, including https://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/tcrb/monographs/1/index.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928221/

Nicotine is a natural alkaloid obtained from the dried leaves and stems of the nightshade family of pants, such as Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana rustica, where it occurs in concentrations of 0.5-8%. Cigarette tobacco varies in its nicotine content, but common blends contain 15-25 mg per cigarette, with a current trend towards lower levels. Nicotine is highly addictive substance, it exhibits a stimulant effect when adsorbed at 2 mg. Administration of higher doses could be harmful. Action of nicotine is mediated by nicotinic cholinergic receptors. Nicotine binds to the interface between two subunits of the receptors, opens the channel and allows the entry of sodium or calcium. The principal mediator of nicotine dependence is α4β2 nicotine receptor.

Approval Year

TargetsConditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Palliative
NICORETTE

Approved Use

Reduces withdrawal symptoms, including nicotine craving associated with quitting smoking

Launch Date

1984
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
12 ng/mL
1 mg single, nasal
dose: 1 mg
route of administration: Nasal
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
NICOTINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNKNOWN
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
6 ng × h/mL
1 mg single, nasal
dose: 1 mg
route of administration: Nasal
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
NICOTINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNKNOWN
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
3 min
1 mg single, nasal
dose: 1 mg
route of administration: Nasal
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
NICOTINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNKNOWN
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Funbound

Funbound

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
95%
1 mg single, nasal
dose: 1 mg
route of administration: Nasal
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
NICOTINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNKNOWN
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Overview

Overview

CYP3A4CYP2C9CYP2D6hERG

Drug as perpetrator​Drug as victimTox targets

Tox targets

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
Sourcing

Sourcing

Vendor/AggregatorIDURL
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
How much nicotine kills a human? Tracing back the generally accepted lethal dose to dubious self-experiments in the nineteenth century.
2014-01
Nicotine addiction.
2010-06-17
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and the regulation of neuronal signalling.
2004-06
A functional role for nicotine in Bcl2 phosphorylation and suppression of apoptosis.
2003-01-17
Essential requirements for substrate binding affinity and selectivity toward human CYP2 family enzymes.
2003-01-01
Lobeline attenuates locomotor stimulation induced by repeated nicotine administration in rats.
2003-01
Oral caffeine maintenance potentiates the reinforcing and stimulant subjective effects of intravenous nicotine in cigarette smokers.
2003-01
Microsomal N-glucuronidation of nicotine and cotinine: human hepatic interindividual, human intertissue, and interspecies hepatic variation.
2002-12
CYP2A6 genetic variation and potential consequences.
2002-11-18
Nicotine's oxidative and antioxidant properties in CNS.
2002-11-01
Genetic polymorphisms in human CYP2A6 gene causing impaired nicotine metabolism.
2002-11
beta 2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit modulates protective responses to stress: A receptor basis for sleep-disordered breathing after nicotine exposure.
2002-10-01
Lack of CB1 cannabinoid receptors modifies nicotine behavioural responses, but not nicotine abstinence.
2002-10
Lasting effects of adolescent nicotine exposure on the electroencephalogram, event related potentials, and locomotor activity in the rat.
2002-09-20
[Review of current etiopathogenic data of Buerger disease].
2002-09
N-glucuronidation of nicotine and cotinine in human: formation of cotinine glucuronide in liver microsomes and lack of catalysis by 10 examined UDP-glucuronosyltransferases.
2002-09
Alcohol and nicotine reduce cell proliferation and enhance apoptosis in dentate gyrus.
2002-08-27
Mechanisms of cytotoxicity of nicotine in human periodontal ligament fibroblast cultures in vitro.
2002-08
The relationship between hippocampal acetylcholine release and cholinergic convulsant sensitivity in withdrawal seizure-prone and withdrawal seizure-resistant selected mouse lines.
2002-08
Involvement of human heat shock protein 90 alpha in nicotine-induced apoptosis.
2002-07-01
Enhancement of cocaine-seeking behavior by repeated nicotine exposure in rats.
2002-07
The selectively bred high alcohol sensitivity (HAS) and low alcohol sensitivity (LAS) rats differ in sensitivity to nicotine.
2002-06
N-n-alkylnicotinium analogs, a novel class of nicotinic receptor antagonist: inhibition of S(-)-nicotine-evoked [(3)H]dopamine overflow from superfused rat striatal slices.
2002-06
Effects of whole deletion of CYP2A6 on nicotine metabolism in humans.
2002-05
Nicotine potentiation of morphine-induced catalepsy in mice.
2002-05
Induction of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 expressions by prototypic and atypical inducers in the human lung.
2002-04-08
Up-regulation of L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels after long term exposure to nicotine in cerebral cortical neurons.
2002-03-08
Increased sensitivity to nicotine-induced seizures in mice expressing the L250T alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mutation.
2002-03
Increased sensitivity to nicotine-induced seizures in mice heterozygous for the L250T mutation in the alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
2002-02-11
Genetic variation in CYP2A6-mediated nicotine metabolism alters smoking behavior.
2002-02
Absence of alpha7-containing neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors does not prevent nicotine-induced seizures.
2002-01-31
An in vivo pilot study characterizing the new CYP2A6*7, *8, and *10 alleles.
2002-01-11
[Acute confusional syndrome due to acute nicotine withdrawal].
2002
Molecular orbital calculations and nicotine metabolism: a rationale for experimentally observed metabolite ratios.
2002
Contributory role for nornicotine in nicotine neuropharmacology: nornicotine-evoked [3H]dopamine overflow from rat nucleus accumbens slices.
2001-12-15
Nicotine inhibits UV-induced activation of the apoptotic pathway.
2001-12-15
Formation of the quaternary ammonium-linked glucuronide of nicotine in human liver microsomes: identification and stereoselectivity in the kinetics.
2001-12
Comparison of cytochrome P450 2A6 polymorphism frequencies in Caucasians and African-Americans using a new one-step PCR-RFLP genotyping method.
2001-11-30
Nicotine induced seizures blocked by mecamylamine and its stereoisomers.
2001-10-19
Chronic ethanol and nicotine interaction on rat tissue antioxidant defense system.
2001-10
Nicotine affects the signaling of the death pathway, reducing the response of head and neck cancer cell lines to DNA damaging agents.
2001-10
Nornicotine, a nicotine metabolite and tobacco alkaloid: desensitization of nicotinic receptor-stimulated dopamine release from rat striatum.
2001-09-28
Fetal and adolescent nicotine administration: effects on CNS serotonergic systems.
2001-09-28
Efficient enantiomeric synthesis of pyrrolidine and piperidine alkaloids from tobacco.
2001-09-21
Activation of 5-HT(2C) receptors reduces the locomotor and rewarding effects of nicotine.
2001-09
Acute myocardial infarction soon after nicotine replacement therapy.
2001-09
Inhibition of nicotine-induced seizures in rats by combining vaccination against nicotine with chronic nicotine infusion.
2001-05
Effects of nicotine on the intervertebral disc: an experimental study in rabbits.
2001
Symposium overview: mechanism of action of nicotine on neuronal acetylcholine receptors, from molecule to behavior.
2000-10
Cow's urine poisoning in Nigeria. Experimental observations in mice.
1975-06
Patents

Sample Use Guides

Reduces withdrawal symptoms, including nicotine craving associated with quitting smoking, nicotine is available as a chewing gum, and is administered according to a schedule at doses 2-4 mg once every 2-4 hours. Nicotine is also available as a transdermal patch.
Route of Administration: Other
Functional activity of nicotine against hα4β2 nicotinic receptors was evaluated using the 86Rb+ ion flux assay in SH-EP1 cells, expressing hα4β2. The 86Rb+ efflux was measured using the “flip-plate” technique. Nicotine activated 86Rb+ efflux with EC50 of 290 nM.
Substance Class Chemical
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Name Type Language
NICOTINE TARTRATE
HSDB  
Preferred Name English
NICOTINE BITARTRATE ANHYDROUS
Common Name English
PYRIDINE, 3-(1-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDINYL)-, (S)-, (R-(R*,R*))-2,3- DIHYDROXYBUTANEDIOATE (2:1)
Common Name English
NICOTINE TARTRATE [HSDB]
Common Name English
NICOTINE HYDROGEN TARTRATE
Systematic Name English
NICOTINE BITARTRATE [MI]
Common Name English
PYRIDINE, 3-((2S)-1-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDINYL)-, (2R,3R)-2,3-DIHYDROXYBUTANEDIOATE (1:2)
Systematic Name English
NSC-97238
Code English
NICOTINE HYDROGEN-L-TARTRATE
Common Name English
NICOTINE L-(+)-TARTRATE (1:2)
Systematic Name English
NICOTINE TARTRATE (1:2)
Systematic Name English
Code System Code Type Description
EPA CompTox
DTXSID401017270
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FDA UNII
7892ZN5G41
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
200-607-2
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PUBCHEM
11957628
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MERCK INDEX
m7879
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HSDB
806
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RXCUI
1306106
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CAS
65-31-6
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EVMPD
SUB22391
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SMS_ID
100000086058
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NSC
97238
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