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Abstract: This study was conducted to determine the potential of both Mitragyna speciosa (MS) and Erythroxylum cuneatum (EC) aqueous leaves extracts as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and ...

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Cocaine is a stimulant drug that is frequently abused. Cocaine makes users feel euphoric, energetic, and mentally alert. Highly addictive, it can cause severe mental and physical problems. Cocaine ...

A coca plant. Image via Wiki Commons. Researchers have uncovered evidence that the coca plant, from which cocaine is derived, was used in Europe as a drug as early as the 1600s. This discovery pushes ...

Coca plants likely reached Milan unbeknownst to the authorities in the 17th century, scientists have said after discovering traces of the drugs on two bodies ...

Researchers unexpectedly found traces of cocaine in the mummified brain tissue of 17th-century people buried in a crypt in Milan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Researchers studying a crypt in Milan found that the coca plant may have been used “for recreational purposes” Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in ...

In an old Italian crypt from the 17th century, two mummified brains have been found containing traces of cocaine. This is almost two entire centuries before the coca plant's psychoactive compounds ...

New research has uncovered evidence that Europeans were using cocaine as early as the 17th century, offering new perspectives on its use centuries earlier than previously thought. The discovery was ...