Cation-pi interactions: Difference between revisions
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"... if nicotine activated ACh receptors found in muscle as potently as it does brain receptors, smoking would cause intolerable and perhaps fatal muscle contractions."<ref name="XD" /> | "... if nicotine activated ACh receptors found in muscle as potently as it does brain receptors, smoking would cause intolerable and perhaps fatal muscle contractions."<ref name="XD" /> | ||
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Therefore, the difference between the neuronal type and muscle type of receptors makes nicotine addiction possible, and the chemical basis for the difference is of considerable interest. | |||
====Nicotine Cation==== | ====Nicotine Cation==== | ||
