On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 07:48:09 -0500
Smoke Pfeiffer wrote:
>The research was based on a test for the presence or abscene of nicotene.
>Unfortunately, HUNDREDS of plants from both the new world and old world have
>trace amounts of nicotene.  If I remember correctly, even the potato!  The
> botanical chemists I have had look into the subject assured me that the
only way to tell
> if the sample is actually tobacco, is to have enough of the cell
structure of the
> leaf, >including some veins, to compare with actual tobacco.

Thanks, very kindly indeed, for this word. If you only knew how many
questions I have to field at my site which directly result from these
lunatic television programs!

kris
Kris Hirst
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The University of Iowa
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