Metabolic profiling reveals first evidence of fumigating drug plant Peganum harmala in Iron Age Arabia

Abstract The utilization of medicinal and psychoactive plants in the past represents a pivotal intersection of culture, health, and biodiversity. While such plants in Arabia have been known from classical and medieval textual records, this study provides material evidence of the use of one such plan...

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Main Authors: Barbara Huber, Marta Luciani, Ahmed M. Abualhassan, Daniel Giddings Vassão, Ricardo Fernandes, Thibaut Devièse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08096-7
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