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Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C10H14N2.2ClH
Molecular Weight 235.153
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 1 / 1
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of NICOTINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE

SMILES

Cl.Cl.CN1CCC[C@H]1C2=CN=CC=C2

InChI

InChIKey=MQWJVKLIBZWVEL-XRIOVQLTSA-N
InChI=1S/C10H14N2.2ClH/c1-12-7-3-5-10(12)9-4-2-6-11-8-9;;/h2,4,6,8,10H,3,5,7H2,1H3;2*1H/t10-;;/m0../s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula ClH
Molecular Weight 36.461
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

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

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
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
6 mg single, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 6 mg
Route: oral
Route: single
Dose: 6 mg
Sources:
healthy, 19 - 49 years
n = 44
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smokers
Age Group: 19 - 49 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 44
Sources:
Disc. AE: Bradycardia...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Bradycardia (1 patient)
Sources:
4 mg single, oral
Studied dose
Dose: 4 mg
Route: oral
Route: single
Dose: 4 mg
Sources:
healthy, 19 - 49 years
n = 44
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smokers
Age Group: 19 - 49 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 44
Sources:
Disc. AE: Allergic dermatitis...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Allergic dermatitis (1 patient)
Sources:
6 mg 1 times / hour steady, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 6 mg, 1 times / hour
Route: oral
Route: steady
Dose: 6 mg, 1 times / hour
Sources:
healthy, 19 - 50 years
n = 50
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smokers
Age Group: 19 - 50 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 50
Sources:
Disc. AE: Hypersensitivity, Nausea...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Hypersensitivity (1 patient)
Nausea (1 patient)
Sources:
8 mg 1 times / hour steady, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 8 mg, 1 times / hour
Route: oral
Route: steady
Dose: 8 mg, 1 times / hour
Sources:
healthy, 19 - 50 years
n = 50
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smokers
Age Group: 19 - 50 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 50
Sources:
Disc. AE: Depression, Nausea...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Depression (1 patient)
Nausea (grade 2-3, 2 patients)
Sources:
111 mg single, transdermal
Overdose
Dose: 111 mg
Route: transdermal
Route: single
Dose: 111 mg
Sources:
healthy, 41 years
n = 1
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smoker
Age Group: 41 years
Sex: M
Population Size: 1
Sources:
Disc. AE: Death...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Death (grade 5, 1 patient)
Sources:
84 mg 1 times / day steady, transdermal
Highest studied dose
Dose: 84 mg, 1 times / day
Route: transdermal
Route: steady
Dose: 84 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
healthy, adult
n = 36
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smokers
Age Group: adult
Sex: unknown
Population Size: 36
Sources:
Other AEs: Nausea...
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Bradycardia 1 patient
Disc. AE
6 mg single, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 6 mg
Route: oral
Route: single
Dose: 6 mg
Sources:
healthy, 19 - 49 years
n = 44
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smokers
Age Group: 19 - 49 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 44
Sources:
Allergic dermatitis 1 patient
Disc. AE
4 mg single, oral
Studied dose
Dose: 4 mg
Route: oral
Route: single
Dose: 4 mg
Sources:
healthy, 19 - 49 years
n = 44
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smokers
Age Group: 19 - 49 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 44
Sources:
Hypersensitivity 1 patient
Disc. AE
6 mg 1 times / hour steady, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 6 mg, 1 times / hour
Route: oral
Route: steady
Dose: 6 mg, 1 times / hour
Sources:
healthy, 19 - 50 years
n = 50
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smokers
Age Group: 19 - 50 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 50
Sources:
Nausea 1 patient
Disc. AE
6 mg 1 times / hour steady, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 6 mg, 1 times / hour
Route: oral
Route: steady
Dose: 6 mg, 1 times / hour
Sources:
healthy, 19 - 50 years
n = 50
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smokers
Age Group: 19 - 50 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 50
Sources:
Depression 1 patient
Disc. AE
8 mg 1 times / hour steady, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 8 mg, 1 times / hour
Route: oral
Route: steady
Dose: 8 mg, 1 times / hour
Sources:
healthy, 19 - 50 years
n = 50
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smokers
Age Group: 19 - 50 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 50
Sources:
Nausea grade 2-3, 2 patients
Disc. AE
8 mg 1 times / hour steady, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 8 mg, 1 times / hour
Route: oral
Route: steady
Dose: 8 mg, 1 times / hour
Sources:
healthy, 19 - 50 years
n = 50
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smokers
Age Group: 19 - 50 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 50
Sources:
Death grade 5, 1 patient
Disc. AE
111 mg single, transdermal
Overdose
Dose: 111 mg
Route: transdermal
Route: single
Dose: 111 mg
Sources:
healthy, 41 years
n = 1
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smoker
Age Group: 41 years
Sex: M
Population Size: 1
Sources:
Nausea
84 mg 1 times / day steady, transdermal
Highest studied dose
Dose: 84 mg, 1 times / day
Route: transdermal
Route: steady
Dose: 84 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
healthy, adult
n = 36
Health Status: healthy
Condition: adult smokers
Age Group: adult
Sex: unknown
Population Size: 36
Sources:
Overview

Overview

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Drug as perpetrator​Drug as victimTox targets

Tox targets

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
Sourcing

Sourcing

Vendor/AggregatorIDURL
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Cow's urine poisoning in Nigeria. Experimental observations in mice.
1975 Jun
The significance of the homozygous CYP2A6 deletion on nicotine metabolism: a new genotyping method of CYP2A6 using a single PCR-RFLP.
1999 Aug 19
Pharmacological characterization of nicotine's interaction with cocaine and cocaine analogs.
1999 Jun
Mimicking gene defects to treat drug dependence.
2000
Analgesic and toxic effects of ABT-594 resemble epibatidine and nicotine in rats.
2000 Apr
Transdermal nicotine mimics the smoking-induced endothelial dysfunction.
2000 Aug
Genetic and pharmacological strategies identify a behavioral function of neuronal nicotinic receptors.
2000 Aug
Chick optic lobe contains a developmentally regulated alpha2alpha5beta2 nicotinic receptor subtype.
2000 Aug
CYP2A6 genetic polymorphisms and liver microsomal coumarin and nicotine oxidation activities in Japanese and Caucasians.
2000 Jan
Dermal exposure to pesticides modifies antioxidant enzymes in tissues of rats.
2000 Jul
Antioxidant effect of onion oil (Allium cepa. Linn) on the damages induced by nicotine in rats as compared to alpha-tocopherol.
2000 Jul 27
Nicotine switches the form of H(2)O(2)-induced cell death from apoptosis to necrosis in U937 cells.
2000 Jun 1
Regional and cellular induction of nicotine-metabolizing CYP2B1 in rat brain by chronic nicotine treatment.
2000 Jun 15
Symposium overview: mechanism of action of nicotine on neuronal acetylcholine receptors, from molecule to behavior.
2000 Oct
Duplications and defects in the CYP2A6 gene: identification, genotyping, and in vivo effects on smoking.
2000 Oct
Nicotine is a potent blocker of the cardiac A-type K(+) channels. Effects on cloned Kv4.3 channels and native transient outward current.
2000 Sep 5
Contributory role for nornicotine in nicotine neuropharmacology: nornicotine-evoked [3H]dopamine overflow from rat nucleus accumbens slices.
2001 Dec 15
Nicotine induced changes in gene expression by human coronary artery endothelial cells.
2001 Feb 1
Cardiovascular effects of transdermal nicotine in mildly hypertensive smokers.
2001 Jul
Nicotine metabolism and CYP2A6 allele frequencies in Koreans.
2001 Jun
A novel single nucleotide polymorphism altering stability and activity of CYP2a6.
2001 Mar 2
Inhibition of nicotine-induced seizures in rats by combining vaccination against nicotine with chronic nicotine infusion.
2001 May
Comparison of cytochrome P450 2A6 polymorphism frequencies in Caucasians and African-Americans using a new one-step PCR-RFLP genotyping method.
2001 Nov 30
Mechanisms of cytotoxicity of nicotine in human periodontal ligament fibroblast cultures in vitro.
2002 Aug
The relationship between hippocampal acetylcholine release and cholinergic convulsant sensitivity in withdrawal seizure-prone and withdrawal seizure-resistant selected mouse lines.
2002 Aug
Alcohol and nicotine reduce cell proliferation and enhance apoptosis in dentate gyrus.
2002 Aug 27
Increased sensitivity to nicotine-induced seizures in mice heterozygous for the L250T mutation in the alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
2002 Feb 11
Enhancement of cocaine-seeking behavior by repeated nicotine exposure in rats.
2002 Jul
Increased sensitivity to nicotine-induced seizures in mice expressing the L250T alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mutation.
2002 Mar
Nicotine potentiation of morphine-induced catalepsy in mice.
2002 May
Genetic polymorphisms in human CYP2A6 gene causing impaired nicotine metabolism.
2002 Nov
CYP2A6 genetic variation and potential consequences.
2002 Nov 18
Lack of CB1 cannabinoid receptors modifies nicotine behavioural responses, but not nicotine abstinence.
2002 Oct
[Review of current etiopathogenic data of Buerger disease].
2002 Sep
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 Sep
Lobeline attenuates locomotor stimulation induced by repeated nicotine administration in rats.
2003 Jan
Essential requirements for substrate binding affinity and selectivity toward human CYP2 family enzymes.
2003 Jan 1
A functional role for nicotine in Bcl2 phosphorylation and suppression of apoptosis.
2003 Jan 17
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and the regulation of neuronal signalling.
2004 Jun
Nicotine addiction.
2010 Jun 17
How much nicotine kills a human? Tracing back the generally accepted lethal dose to dubious self-experiments in the nineteenth century.
2014 Jan
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 DIHYDROCHLORIDE
MI  
Systematic Name English
3-((2S)-1-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDINYL)PYRIDINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE
Systematic Name English
NICOTINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE [MI]
Common Name English
NICOTINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE, (-)-
Systematic Name English
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CAS
6019-02-9
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21115673
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m7879
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