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Re: The Curse of The Mummies

>
>I believe that nicotine is found in significant quantities only in the
>Solanaceae.
>
>>But cocaine?
>
>Not very likely.  Alkaloids are easily degraded by oxidation or are quickly
>broken down by microflora and microfauna to simple compounds for
>reassimilation as nitrogen sources (proteins, nucleotides, etc.)
>
>>You must see this programme it is facinating
>>It is not Chariout if the Gods stuff
>>
>>
>>Michael Bailes,  The Fragrant Garden Portsmouth Road Erina. N.S.W. 2250
>>Australia.
>
>Michael:
>
>The nicotine is plausible, since there are Nicotiana species thast are
>native to Africa.  The most potent sources of nicotine are the American
>species, especially N. rustica.
>
>The cocaine source is another matter entirely.  Alkaloids usually are highly
>specific to a few related species in a genus, if not to a single species or
>taxon.  Unless there is a closely related African relative to  Coca, it's
>not likely.
>
Yes Rich
That what everone said - at first.

Michael Bailes,  The Fragrant Garden Portsmouth Road Erina. N.S.W. 2250
Australia.
Int fax 61 243 651979  Phone 61 243 677322
frgntgar@ozemail.com.au
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draw their attention;   and that is Horticulture . . . I would recommend
them, as far as convenient, to become Florists, as this delightful and
healthy employment  . . . would entice them into the open air,  stimulate
them to exertion and draw them away from their sedentary modes of life,
mewed up in close rooms,  where they are confined like nuns."
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