Compound Monograph
Nornicotine
Nornicotine is a minor tobacco alkaloid and the demethylated analogue and metabolite of nicotine.
Sources · 2
Where Does It Come From?
Nornicotine is a naturally occurring pyridine–pyrrolidine alkaloid, found in Tobacco and 1 other source. It is flagged as toxic.
Concentration
Content by Source
Concentrations not reported. No percent-dry-weight or mg/g figures have been published for this compound in its source plants.
Nornicotine is a minor alkaloid of tobacco and also a metabolite of nicotine, from which it differs by lacking the N-methyl group. It is pharmacologically active at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, though generally weaker than nicotine, and like other tobacco alkaloids should be treated as toxic.
