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Composition and methods for producing tobacco plants and products having reduced tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs)

US10647989B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Altria Client Services LLC · US

Inventors

Chengalrayan Kudithipudi · Midlothian, US
Dongmei Xu · Glen Allen, US
James Arthur Strickland · Richmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 6, 2017
Grant date	May 12, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 1, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2035/00534
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure provides approaches for reducing tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) in tobacco. Some of these approaches include genetically engineering tobacco plants to increase one or more antioxidants, increase oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC), or reduce nitrite. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing modified tobacco plants and tobacco products therefrom comprising reduced TSNAs.

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