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268 Earliest use of psychoactive and medicinal plant 'harmal' identified in Iron Age Arabia

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ScienceDaily · 05/23/2025 12:05 EDT

Earliest use of psychoactive and medicinal plant 'harmal' identified in Iron Age Arabia

A new study uses metabolic profiling to uncover ancient knowledge systems behind therapeutic and psychoactive plant use in ancient Arabia.

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