Coca Paste
Coca paste is the first crude extraction product of coca leaves from the COCA PLANT; it is obtained in the process of extracting COCAINE from these leaves. The leaves are mashed with alkali...
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Coca Plant
The coca plant is a cultivated shrub, generally found in the Andean Highlands and the northwestern areas of the Amazon in South America. The plant, however, can be grown in many parts of th...
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Coca Plant
The coca plant is a shrub found in the highlands of the Andes Mountains and the northwestern areas of the Amazon River in South America. The plant is also grown in Asia and other parts of t...
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Coca
Coca plants are the only natural source of the alkaloid cocaine and related compounds. For several thousand years, the leaves of the coca plant have been used by South American Indians as a mild ...
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Always Coca-Cola? Not if Bolivia's coca growers have their way. The farmers want the word "Coca" dropped by the U.S. soft drink company, arguing that the potent shrub belongs to the cultural herita...
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President Alvaro Uribe is taking the war on drugs to the supermarket, prohibiting the sale of products made from the coca plant.With the help of more than $600 million a year in U.S. aid, Uribe has...
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Cuban scientists are studying the possible medicinal benefits of the coca leaf, a Bolivian official said Tuesday, signaling a possible expansion of President Evo Morales' plans to develop more lega...
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President Alan Garcia on Tuesday suggested an unorthodox use for the coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine: Why not toss it in a salad?"I insist that it can be consumed directly and elegantly in ...
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The Coca-Cola Co., the world's largest beverage maker, posted a 1 percent profit increase for the second quarter on a solid 19 percent gain in sales.The results reported Tuesday beat Wall Street ex...
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The Coca-Cola Co. announced Tuesday it is funding a $20 million project to conserve seven major rivers worldwide and also will revamp its bottling practices to reduce pollution and water use.Under ...
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A federal jury rejected a former Coca-Cola secretary's claim that she was duped by two ex-cons and convicted her Friday of conspiring to steal trade secrets from the world's largest beverage maker ...
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