Table 2 Mean of moisture, pH, nicotine (total and unprotonated μg/gm) measured in triplicate in Smokeless Tobacco Products.
From: Physical and chemical characterization of smokeless tobacco products in India
Smokeless tobacco type | Name of the product | Moisture content % | pH | *Nicotine content mg/g | *Un-protonated nicotine content mg/g | % Un-protonated nicotine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gudhaku (Tobacco paste-like preparation) | Tota chaap | 15.48 | 9.62 | 5.81 | 5.67 | 97.55 |
Kharra (Mixture of areca nut and tobacco) | Golden babu | 8.49 | 8.17 | 7.37 | 4.31 | 58.55 |
Khaini (Sun-dried/fermented tobacco leaves) | Chaini khaini | 22.78 | 9.33 | 4.67 | 4.45 | 95.33 |
Gul (Oral tobacco powder) | AR chand gul | 8.64 | 8.59 | 28.23 | 22.24 | 78.79 |
Jora panja gul | 4.54 | 10.07 | 22.02 | 21.82 | 99.12 | |
Gulab marka Gul | 5.98 | 9.63 | 31.25 | 30.50 | 97.60 | |
Zarda (Moist/dry chewing tobacco with spice essences, and perfumes) | NP-01 | 11.61 | 5.20 | 21.72 | 0.03 | 0.15 |
Sir S zarda | 12.24 | 5.35 | 17.91 | 0.04 | 0.21 | |
Chewing tobacco (Cured tobacco leaves) | No brand- Loose tobacco | 17.73 | 8.58 | 17.26 | 13.53 | 78.41 |
P P tobacco | 14.78 | 5.41 | 17.24 | 0.04 | 0.24 | |
Kuber tobacco | 50.19 | 8.42 | 6.99 | 5.00 | 71.53 | |
Madhu chewing tobacco | 8.76 | 5.74 | 14.28 | 0.07 | 0.52 | |
BHR chewing tobacco | 13.74 | 5.25 | 26.13 | 0.03 | 0.10 | |
Double black royal touch | 12.1 | 5.43 | 23.08 | 0.06 | 0.26 | |
Pan masala (Mixture of areca nut with slaked lime, catechu and other flavoring agents with or witout tobacco.) | Kamala pasand pan masala | 8.19 | 8.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 88.35 |
Pan parag premium | 5.67 | 8.79 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 85.48 | |
Rajnigandha pan masala | 7.47 | 8.97 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 89.91 | |
Vimal pan masala | 5.37 | 8.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 86.59 | |
Raj niwas premium | 6.26 | 8.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 82.72 |
