What if the vegetables and beverages that we usually eat or drink everyday contain some amounts of nicotine.

Tomato, belonging to the Solanaceae family, is found to possess a nicotine alkaloid called tomatine. That is why smoking cigarettes and tobaccos is a hard habit to break due to its nicotine content. Findings also show that the nicotine level decreases as the tomato ripens. Nicotine is one of the most harmful and toxic substances ever discovered. Potato It has a mean average of 15 ng/g wet weight and considerably higher in green and sprouting potatoes with a reported 42.8 ng/g compared to the 4.3 ng/g in ripe potatoes.

It means there is a 7.1 ng of nicotine in ever 1 dewey of tomato. However, what if it is not only found in cigarettes. Here are a few com vegetables and plants, mostly from the Solanaceae (nightshade) family, shown to have nicotine content. They are highly addictive and harmful to the body.

However, pureed potatoes have higher nicotine content with a measurement of 52 ng/g. Would you still buy them knowing that they hold a few nicotine alkaloids. Tomato It has an average of 7.1 7.3 ng/g wet weight.

Potatoes also contain a nicotine alkaloid called solanine, which is highly concentrated on its.