Utilização da planta Nicotiana tabacum L. (solanaceae) desde o uso medicinal ao uso recreativo.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to register the use of derivatives of Nicotiana tabacum, a plant that was once described as the cure of several diseases, it is named today as probable cause of more deaths than any other herb. Nowadays cultivated for commercial production, the drug has its recreational mode of use. It is important to warn about the harm caused to the health by the habit of smoking and to emphasize the toxic potential of the plant. The smoke produced by the most common forms of tobacco use was filtered, and the amount of compounds in each usual form was semi-quantified by thin layer chromatography (TLC). It is important to stress that there is no safe form of tobacco use, and its users have a significantly increased risk for illness and premature death from tobacco-related illnesses, besides having high doses of nicotine, a substance with high additive power, that induces the user to develop tolerance and dependence to the drug. Identify and document scientific data on the plant Nicotiana tabacum L. (SOLANACEAE) and relate to common forms of recreational use and subsidize alert data to the population of the toxicity of these products.