National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Tobacco

Synonyms

TOBACCO LEAF

Tobacco

tobacco

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://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#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

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157711

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177537

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

FULL_SYN

TOBACCO LEAF

Tobacco

tobacco

Is_Value_For_GDC_Property

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157103

label

Tobacco

Legacy Concept Name

Tobacco

Maps_To

Tobacco

Preferred_Name

Tobacco

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C891

Semantic_Type

Plant

UMLS_CUI

C0040329

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66892

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