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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month ago

Scientists solve 200-year-old puzzle of how tobacco plants make nicotine

www.york.ac.uk

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Scientists solve 200-year-old puzzle of how tobacco plants make nicotine

www.york.ac.uk

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month ago
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Scientists have uncovered how tobacco plants naturally make nicotine, solving a mystery that has puzzled researchers for nearly two centuries.
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    Tmatoes have nicotine?

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      A very small amount, yes. You couldn’t eat enough to have any effect it’s so small, but it’s there.

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        Hmm, our body also generates DMT naturally and we don’t know why. Life’s mysteries.

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