An Automated Procedure for the Determination of Total Alkaloids in Cigarette Smoke Using On-line Cyanogen Chloride Generation from Low Hazard Starting Materials

RG Lidzey; GP Savage

doi:10.2478/cttr-2013-0564

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An Automated Procedure for the Determination of Total Alkaloids in Cigarette Smoke Using On-line Cyanogen Chloride Generation from Low Hazard Starting Materials

Contributions to Tobacco & Nicotine Research

Volume 13 (1986): Issue 3 (July 1986)

By: RG Lidzey and GP Savage

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Abstract

An automated procedure is described for the determination of alkaloids in cigarette smoke using low toxicity reagents. Cyanogen chloride is formed on line from potassium thiocyanate and sodium hypochlorite. The procedure is compared with the previously used cyanogen bromide method which also uses Auto Analyser II methodology.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0564 | Journal eISSN: 2719-9509

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Language: English

Page range: 151 - 155

Submitted on: Nov 18, 1983

Accepted on: Nov 28, 1985

Published on: Jan 6, 2015

Published by: Institut für Tabakforschung GmbH

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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