Preferred Name

Tobacco

Synonyms
Definitions

The dried cured leaves of the tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum, used for smoking, chewing, or snuff. Tobacco contains nicotine, a stimulant, and other biologically active ingredients having carcinogenic properties.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C891

ALT_DEFINITION

A plant with leaves that have high levels of the addictive chemical nicotine. The leaves may be smoked (in cigarettes, cigars, and pipes), applied to the gums (as dipping and chewing tobacco), or inhaled (as snuff). Tobacco leaves also contain many cancer-causing chemicals, and tobacco use and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke have been linked to many types of cancer and other diseases. The scientific name is Nicotiana tabacum.

CAS_Registry

8037-19-2

code

C891

Contributing_Source

FDA

GDC

definition

The dried cured leaves of the tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum, used for smoking, chewing, or snuff. Tobacco contains nicotine, a stimulant, and other biologically active ingredients having carcinogenic properties.

FDA_UNII_Code

6YR2608RSU

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C63923

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C177537

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C157711

Is_Value_For_GDC_Property

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C157103

label

Tobacco

Legacy Concept Name

Tobacco

Maps_To

Tobacco

Preferred_Name

Tobacco

prefixIRI

NCIT:C891

prefLabel

Tobacco

Semantic_Type

Plant

UMLS_CUI

C0040329

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C66892

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