"Cotinine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The N-glucuronide conjugate of cotinine is a major urinary metabolite of NICOTINE. It thus serves as a biomarker of exposure to tobacco SMOKING. It has CNS stimulating properties.
| Descriptor ID |
D003367
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.773.812.180
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cotinine".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Cotinine".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cotinine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cotinine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Cotinine" by people in Profiles.
-
DeAtley T, Colby SM, Clark MA, Sokolovsky A, Denlinger-Apte RL, Cioe PA, Cassidy R, Donny EC, Tidey JW. Psychometric Analysis of a Microenvironment Secondhand Smoke Exposure Questionnaire. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 04 03; 18(7).
-
Nwosu BU, Kum-Nji P. Tobacco smoke exposure is an independent predictor of vitamin D deficiency in US children. PLoS One. 2018; 13(10):e0205342.
-
Williams JM, Gandhi KK, Steinberg ML, Foulds J, Ziedonis DM, Benowitz NL. Higher nicotine and carbon monoxide levels in menthol cigarette smokers with and without schizophrenia. Nicotine Tob Res. 2007 Aug; 9(8):873-81.
-
DiFranza JR, Savageau JA, Fletcher K, O'Loughlin J, Pbert L, Ockene JK, McNeill AD, Hazelton J, Friedman K, Dussault G, Wood C, Wellman RJ. Symptoms of tobacco dependence after brief intermittent use: the Development and Assessment of Nicotine Dependence in Youth-2 study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jul; 161(7):704-10.
-
Stenstr?m B, Zhao CM, Rogers AB, Nilsson HO, Stureg?rd E, Lundgren S, Fox JG, Wang TC, Wadstr?m TM, Chen D. Swedish moist snuff accelerates gastric cancer development in Helicobacter pylori-infected wild-type and gastrin transgenic mice. Carcinogenesis. 2007 Sep; 28(9):2041-6.
-
Williams JM, Ziedonis DM, Abanyie F, Steinberg ML, Foulds J, Benowitz NL. Increased nicotine and cotinine levels in smokers with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder is not a metabolic effect. Schizophr Res. 2005 Nov 15; 79(2-3):323-35.
-
Uedelhoven WM, R?tzel A, Meese CO, Weber PC. Smoking alters thromboxane metabolism in man. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1991 Jan 28; 1081(2):197-201.