WO2000033676A1

WO2000033676A1 - Tobacco having no nicotine

Info

Publication number: WO2000033676A1
Application number: PCT/KR1999/000034
Authority: WO
Inventors: Dong-Seok Yoon
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1998-12-04
Filing date: 1999-01-20
Publication date: 2000-06-15
Anticipated expiration: 2001-06-04
Also published as: AU2077799A; KR100296868B1; KR20000038203A

Abstract

The present invention relates to the tobacco filler comprising the tobacco leaf from which the nicotine toxic to the human body is depleted and one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf, Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng; and the process for production thereof. The tobacco filler of the present invention has the taste and fragrance similar to the commercial tobacco and contains 1/15-1/20 of the nicotine in the commercial tobacco, and so the tobacco filler is not addictive and harmless to the human body.

Description

Tobacco having no nicotine

Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to the tobacco filler comprising the tobacco leaf from which the nicotine harmful to the human body is depleted, and one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf, Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng; and the process for production thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to the tobacco filler from which the nicotine is depleted, which comprises 70 ~ 97weight% of the tobacco leaf out of nicotine, 3 ~ 30weight% of detail-cut one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf, Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng, and 0 ~4weight% of the additive used in the production of the tobacco; and the process of production thereof.

In 1956, it has been reported that the tobacco which a man has used as favorites for several centuries causes various cancers including lung cancer by the English and American scientific doctors. In 1964 and 1979, the American government issued a report, "Tobacco and Health" that revealed the harm of the tobacco is wide and various. Even though everyone knows that the smoking causes various diseases and harm to human body, it is very difficult to stop smoking since the nicotine in the tobacco is addictive. According to the publication of World Health Organization (WHO), the nicotine is defined as "the material that makes man dependent to the medicine mentally and physically, and be unable to stop smoking to destroy his mental and physical health in the end". Nicotine is classified as a deadly poisonous narcotic, since it is fatal in case that 40mg of the nicotine is injected to a human body at one time. A tobacco contains about 1.Omg of such a nicotine. For many years, various types of healthy tobacco have been invented. For example, a tobacco has been produced by mixing the edible and healthy medical plants with yellow-brown tobacco leaf, but in this tobacco, the nicotine which is a deadly poisonous narcotic is never reduced. And there are other kinds of tobacco which are produced with other leaves of medical plants. In this case, we can get the tobacco without the nicotine. However, the research on toxicity for this kind of tobacco has not made yet. Also, there is a problem that its taste and fragrance are so different from the commercial tobacco that it cannot attract the smoker.

The present inventors have made every effort to develop the tobacco not having the nicotine. As a result, the present inventors have invented the tobacco filler comprising the tobacco leaf from which the nicotine is depleted and one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf, Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng; and having the same taste and fragrance with the commercial tobacco. But it is not harmful to health since the nicotine is notably reduced.

The Summary of the Invention

The object of the present invention is to provide the tobacco filler comprising the tobacco leaf from which the nicotine harmful to the human body is depleted and one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf, Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng; and the process for production thereof.

The present invention provides the tobacco filler comprising 70-97 weight % of the tobacco leaf from which the nicotine is depleted; 3-30 weight % of detail-cut one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf. Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng; and 0-4 weight % of the additive used in the production of the tobacco, and the process for production thereof. Further, tobacco leaf of the present invention is coated with extracts of one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf. Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng.

The present invention provides the process of the production of the tobacco filler from which the nicotine is depleted, wherein the process comprises; 1) depleting the nicotine from the tobacco leaf (Step 1)

2) fermenting the said tobacco leaf (Step 2)

3) detail-cutting the tobacco leaf (Step 3)

4) extracting one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf, Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng(Step 4) 5) spraying the extract at the said Step 4 to coat the detail-cut tobacco leaf at the Step 3. and drying it(Step 5); and

6) mixing the tobacco leaf which is produced at the said Step 5 with the detail-cut one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf, Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng, and herein adding the additive usually used in the production of the tobacco(Step 6).

The above process of the production appears in detail hereinbelow;

Step 1 includes the process to deplete the nicotine, comprising washing the well-grown tobacco leaf; heating it by steam and drying it; putting it in the edible alcohol for 5-15 hours; drying it again: heating with hot water of 120 — 130 ^°C at the heat machine under high pressure for 2 hours; and then pressing the resulting tobacco leaf again with the high pressure. At Step 2. after depleting the nicotine in said way, the tobacco leaf from which the nicotine is depleted is naturally fermented at the temperature of between 70 ^°C and 90 ^°C and at the relative humidity of between 40% and 60% for 20 ~ 30 hours.

At Step 3. the fermented tobacco leaf is cut in detail.

At Step 4, one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf, Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng are washed with clear water, and then extracted by the hot water for 1 hour.

At Step 5, the tobacco leaf produced at said Step 3 is spray-coated with the extract at Step 4, and then it is dried.

At Step 6, the well-grown one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf. Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng are washed with clear water, heated by steam and dried. And then it is detail- cut at the size of about 0.7mm and mixed with the tobacco leaf produced at Step 5. And then one or more general additive selected from the group consisting of glycerin, levulose, propylene glycol, lycolis and honey may be used.

The invention will now be further explained by the following examples which are not intended to limit the scope of the inventions but which are provided for illustrative purpose. Example I: The process for producing the tobacco filler.

(Step 1 )

The well-grown tobacco leaf of 1 kg was obtained and washed with clear water. The tobacco leaf was heated by steam for 3 hours and dried, and then it was put in the edible alcohol for 10 hours. After being dried again, it was treated by hot steam using the hot water of 120 ~ 130 ^°C at the high pressure of 1.2 kg cm² for 2 hours, and then the resulting tobacco leaf was pressed again at the high pressure for separation, extraction and depletion of the nicotine residue.

(Step 2)

The resulting yellow-brown tobacco leaf was naturally fermented at the temperature of 80 ^°C and the relative humidity of 50% for 24 hours.

(Step 3)

The fermented tobacco leaf is cut in detail at the size of about 0.7mm.

(Step 4) lOOg of the well-grown green tea leaf was washed with clear water, and was extracted by 100°C of the hot water for 1 hour.

(Step 5)

The tobacco leaf produced at the said Step 3 was spray-coated by the extract of green tea leaf at the said Step 4 and dried.

(Step 6) lOOg of the well-grown green tea leaf was washed with clear water. It was dried in the drying machine, cut in detail at the size of about 0.7mm. and then it was mixed with the tobacco leaf produced at Step 5, 20g of glycerin and 4g of levulose.

Example 2: The process for producing the tobacco filler

The tobacco filler was produced in the same way as Example 1 except that Duchoong leaf was used instead of green tea leaf.

Example 3: The process for producing the tobacco filler The tobacco filler was produced in the same way as Example 1 except that mugwort was used instead of green tea leaf.

Example 4: The process for producing the tobacco filler

The tobacco filler was produced in the same way as Example 1 except that ginseng was used instead of green tea leaf.

Example 5: The process for producing the tobacco filler

The tobacco filler was produced in the same way as Example 1 except that the additive. 4g of propylene glycol, was added together with glycerin and levulose.

Experiment 1

Analyses for the content of ingredients of tobacco filler produced at Example 1 to 5 were conducted and the results are indicated in the Tables 1 to 3.

Table 1

The content of the nicotine and nickel in the tobacco filler of

Example

Table 2

Comparison the commercial tobacco with the tobacco of Example 1 with regard to the content of the nicotine.

Table 3

Analysis of the content of the insecticide residue in tobacco filler of Example 1

Effects of the present invention

As shown in the above Table 1 to 3, the content of nicotine in the tobacco filler of the present invention is about 0.05%, and this is 1/15 to 1/20 of that of the nicotine in the commercial tobacco. And the content of the insecticide residue is much less than the content accepted by the Dept. of Agriculture of USA. Therefore, the tobacco filler of the present invention is not addictive and harmless to the human body, even though it has the fragrance and taste nearly similar to the commercial tobacco.

Claims

What is claimed

1. A tobacco filler from which the nicotine is depleted comprising 70-97 weight % of tobacco leaf; 3-30 weight % of one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf, Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng; and 0-4 weight % of the additive used in the production of a tobacco.

2. A tobacco filler according to claim 1, the tobacco leaf is coated with the extract of one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf, Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng.

3. A tobacco filler according to claim 1, the said additive is one or more selected from the group consisting of glycerin, levulose, propylene glycol, lycolis and honey.

4. A process for production of the tobacco filler of claim 1 comprising the steps of ;

1) depleting the nicotine from a tobacco leaf(Step 1); 2) fermenting the said tobacco leaf(Step 2);

3) detail-cutting the said tobacco leaf(Step 3);

4) extracting one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf, Duchoong leaf mugwort and ginseng(Step 4);

5) spraying the extract at Step 4 to coat the detail-cut tobacco leaf at Step 3; and

6) mixing the tobacco leaf which is produced at Step 5 with detail-cut one or more selected from the group consisting of green tea leaf, Duchoong leaf, mugwort and ginseng, and the additive used in the production of tobacco(Step 6).

5. A process for production of the tobacco filler according to claim 4, wherein Step 1 comprises washing and heating the tobacco leaf by steam; putting it in the edible alcohol for 5-15 hours; drying it again; heating it by the water of 120-130°C at the high pressure steamer for 2 hours; and pressing the resulting the tobacco leaf with the high pressure for separation, extraction and depletion of the nicotine residue.

6. A process for production of the tobacco filler according to claim 4, the tobacco leaf is naturally fermented at the temperature of 70~90°C and the relative humidity of 40-60% in Step 2.