☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoScientists solve 200-year-old puzzle of how tobacco plants make nicotinewww.york.ac.ukexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkScientists solve 200-year-old puzzle of how tobacco plants make nicotinewww.york.ac.uk☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIt’s an older one so in case someone doesn’t know, the premise of that Simpsons episode is that because tomatoes have a small amount of nicotine being a related plant (actual fact) to tobacco they could be combined making addictive tomatoes.
minus-squareBreadOven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI knew they had some in it, but what’s an older one? Thanks for your explanation though.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThe episode is an older one. Before they were HD I think.
minus-squareBreadOven@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoOh. Fair enough. It was definitely an older episode.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoA very small amount, yes. You couldn’t eat enough to have any effect it’s so small, but it’s there.
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoHmm, our body also generates DMT naturally and we don’t know why. Life’s mysteries.
Fame for tomato plants?
Tomacco plants?
It’s an older one so in case someone doesn’t know, the premise of that Simpsons episode is that because tomatoes have a small amount of nicotine being a related plant (actual fact) to tobacco they could be combined making addictive tomatoes.
I knew they had some in it, but what’s an older one? Thanks for your explanation though.
The episode is an older one. Before they were HD I think.
Oh. Fair enough. It was definitely an older episode.
Tmatoes have nicotine?
A very small amount, yes. You couldn’t eat enough to have any effect it’s so small, but it’s there.
Hmm, our body also generates DMT naturally and we don’t know why. Life’s mysteries.