Cotinine - Revision history

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Paul Herring: Created page with "Cotinine is an alkaloid found in tobacco and is also a metabolite of nicotine[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotinine Cotinine] - Wikipedia. Its presence in saliv..."

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[[Cotinine]] is an alkaloid found in tobacco and is also a metabolite of nicotine<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotinine Cotinine] - Wikipedia</ref>. Its presence in saliva, blood or urine is (ab)used as a presumption of nicotine consumption, whether by smoking tobacco products or by using smoking cessation products that contain nicotine (gum, patches, e-cigs,) and such testing is used to [[Smoking_Bans#United_States|screen employees in companies that ban employees from smoking at all]].

It can also be present in those who have had exposure to [[second hand smoke]] in levels that cannot be differentiated from that of a light smoker.

[[Cotinine]] is also sold as a drug in its own right as an antidepressant under the brand name [[Cotinine|Scotine]]<ref>[http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?cotinine Cotinine] - Mondofacto</ref>.

It is also present in other plants such as those in the family Solanaceae, including tomatoes and potatoes, and in some black teas<ref name="pubmed">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1765327 Dietary nicotine: a source of urinary cotinine] - PubMed</ref>

{{quote|Because of the potential for exposure to nicotine by way of these routes [i.e. by eating or drinking], the use of urinary cotinine as a biomarker of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke may be compromised.<ref name="pubmed" />}}

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 [[Cotinine]] is also sold as a drug in its own right as an antidepressant under the brand name [[Cotinine|Scotine]]<ref>[http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?cotinine Cotinine] - Mondofacto</ref>.
-It is also present in other plants such as those in the family Solanaceae, including tomatoes and potatoes, and in some black teas<ref name="pubmed">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1765327 Dietary nicotine: a source of urinary cotinine] - PubMed</ref> and in aubergines (eggplants)<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/15/nicotine-in-vegetables_n_1597087.html Nicotine In Vegetables: 20 Pounds Of Eggplant Equivalent To 1 Cigarette] - Huffington Post</ref>
+It is also present in other plants such as those in the family Solanaceae, including tomatoes and potatoes, and in some black teas<ref name="pubmed">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1765327 Dietary nicotine: a source of urinary cotinine] - PubMed</ref>, aubergines (eggplants)<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/15/nicotine-in-vegetables_n_1597087.html Nicotine In Vegetables: 20 Pounds Of Eggplant Equivalent To 1 Cigarette] - Huffington Post</ref> and cauliflower<ref>[https://www.vidarholen.net/contents/junk/nicotine.html The nicotine contents of vegetables] - Vidar's Index</ref>.
 {{quote|Because of the potential for exposure to nicotine by way of these routes [i.e. by eating or drinking], the use of urinary cotinine as a biomarker of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke may be compromised.<ref name="pubmed" />}}