A rapid method was developed to quantify cellulose content in tobacco using ¹³C CP/MAS NMR with spectral deconvolution.

A designed NMR rotor was used to eliminate the unfavorable impact of the instability and high-speed rotation for internal standard.

Spectral deconvolution technique eliminated the interference of overlapping peaks and excessive noise.

The method showed good agreement and small average deviations between standard chemical method and values by ¹³C CP/MAS NMR spectra.