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Asked by:
Jim Kleebaum
Posted at:
January 26, 2025
Last spring we ordered the following tobacco seeds from you: Nicotiana tabacum, seeds and Nicotiana rustica, seedsI don't know the compound "niaciniminic acid". According to Jim Duke's "Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants" (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1992), there is no such compound in Nicotiana tabacum. Are you referring to nicotine, or possibly nicotinic acid? There are at least another nine compounds in tobacco beginning with "nico"; but none beginning with "niacin".
The seeds germinated beautifully and we now have wonderful mature plants in our garden.
I have several questions about the above plants, namely:
-Will frost destroy or degrade the niaciniminic acid in the plants?
-We use the tobacco as a vegetable and therefore to preserve the leaves, do you recommend chopping and freezing, or dessicating and storing in airtight containers?I must admit that I have not thought of tobacco as a "vegetable". It is a chewing herb and is, of course, a smoking herb, but I am not aware of anyone who is using it as a vegetable.
-Of the two varieties we acquired, which one contains the highest quantity of niaciniminic acid?If you are referring to nicotine, we believe that N. rustica has more than N. tabacum.
-Do you recommend any recipes for preparing tobacco to eat?Sorry, I don't have any recipes.