Table 3.
Levels of five tobacco-specific N-Nitrosamines (n=3) present in various rapé samples.
| Product | NAB | NAT | NNAL | NNK | NNN | NNN+NNK | Total TSNAs* |
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| Average (ng/g, wet weight; n=3) | |||||||
| Rapé (manufactured, non-tobacco) | |||||||
| Rapé Cacitral | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD |
| Rapé Guarany Cristal | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 13.2 | n.a. | 13.2 |
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| Rapé (manufactured, tobacco-containing) | |||||||
| Rapé Guarany Especial | 376 | 2570 | 554 | 3300 | 13000 | 16300 | 19800 |
| Rapé Guarany Especial (Canela) | 364 | 2510 | 530 | 3250 | 12600 | 15900 | 19300 |
| Rapé Guarany Cravo | 58.1 | 735 | 49.4 | 133 | 739 | 872 | 1710 |
| Rapé Moeda Especial | 135 | 2080 | 118 | 1160 | 2390 | 3540 | 5870 |
| Rapé Caratinga Mentolado | 742 | 7290 | 277 | 1360 | 14500 | 15800 | 24200 |
| Rapé Caratinga Imburana | 268 | 2440 | 166 | 670 | 2450 | 3120 | 5990 |
| Rapé Araçá Cravo e Canela | 237 | 2610 | 132 | 425 | 2150 | 2576 | 5556 |
| Rapé Moeda Girassol | 158 | 1740 | 38.2 | 251 | 1790 | 2040 | 3980 |
| Rapé Real (flavored) | 86.1 | 1180 | 42.4 | 131 | 1020 | 1150 | 2460 |
| Rapé Real(unflavored) | 157 | 1700 | 50.3 | 232 | 1440 | 1680 | 3580 |
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| Rapé (custom-made, tobacco-containing) | |||||||
| Rapé Kashinawá | 45.2 | 437 | 12.9 | 470 | 152 | 621 | 1120 |
| Rapé Nu-nu | 22.9 | 21.3 | 2.35 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 88 |
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| Minimum detected | 9.16 | 6.85 | 2.35 | 3.99 | 13.2 | 17.2 | 36.7 |
| Maximum detected | 742 | 7290 | 554 | 3300 | 14500 | 16300 | 24200 |
Note: Total TSNAs is the sum of NAB, NAT, NNAL, NNK and NNN concentrations; n.a. = not applicable
TSNA analytes in this study, included N-nitrosonornicotine (NNN), 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), N-nitrosoanatabine (NAT), N-nitrosoanabasine (NAB), and 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL).