Open AccessComparison of Pyrolytic Products from Flue-Cured Tobacco Leaf and a Reconstituted Tobacco Sheet
Author(s) -
William S. Schlotzhauer,
O. T. Chortyk
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
beiträge zur tabakforschung international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.253
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1612-9237
pISSN - 0173-783X
DOI - 10.2478/cttr-2013-0360
Subject(s) - chemistry , pyrolysis , pyrolytic carbon , curing of tobacco , phenols , nicotine , organic chemistry , tobacco smoke , cigarette smoke , chromatography , environmental chemistry , botany , toxicology , biology , neuroscience
Pyrolytic products of commercial tobacco sheet, flue-cured tobacco leaf, and stems were compared. The yields of acids, bases, neutrals, and phenolics were determined. The neutrals were further characterized by chromatography in order to examine pyrolysis fractions corresponding to biologically active cigarette smoke fractions. Individual phenols, carboxylic acids, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and nicotine were determined for sheet and leaf pyrolyzate. Analyses of constituents of various pyrolyzate fractions indicated significantly lower amounts of phenols, PAH, and nicotine in sheet and stem pyrolyzates than in leaf pyrolyzates