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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 27.
Published in final edited form as: Aerosol Sci Technol. 2018 Aug 23;52(11):1219–1232. doi: 10.1080/02786826.2018.1500013

Table 2.

Sum of urinary nicotine and nicotine metabolites (cotinine, COT; trans-3’-hydroxycotinine, 3HC; NIC+COT+3HC) and the 3HC/COT ratio (marker of CYP2A6 activity) as time sensitive markers of overall tobacco exposure and metabolism in mice.

Product 0–1h Post-Exposure 1–2h Post-Exposure 2–3h Post-Exposure 3–16h Post-Exposure 0–3h Post-Exposure
e-cig CT: ∑ 11.02±0.53 4.86±0.78 2.61±0.60 0.58±0.38 18.48±1.32*
e-cig MM: ∑ 14.12±0.78 5.98±1.84 6.08±1.16 0.36±0.18 26.18±2.49*
MCS: ∑ 66.06±6.76 47.52±8.86 36.27±4.88 3.13±0.51 --
e-cig CT: 3HC/COT 7.40±0.80 11.13±3.05 12.65±6.17 15.59±6.97 9.71±1.44
e-cig MM: 3HC/COT 8.78±0.41 11.63±4.15 13.98±3.81 NA 11.26±1.40
MCS: 3HC/COT 4.27±0.48 6.47±0.98 17.69±5.01 10.15±2.46 8.89±1.85

Abbr: e-cig CT, Classic Tobacco; e-cig MM, Magnificent Menthol; MCS, mainstream cigarette smoke of KY Reference cigarette, 3R4F; --, not calculated; NA, not applicable due to zero denominator). Values = means±SE in ng/mg creatinine (for NIC+COT+3HC data only); n=4–5 for all products at all time points (except for product ratios at 3–16h post-exposure where n=1, 0, and 4 for CT, MM, and MCS, respectively). *P<0.05 between e-cig CT and e-cig MM by t-test.