Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science are tackling the thorny issue of securing a sustainable source of the psychedelic – Mescaline - for drug development, with a new study revealing they have made the first crucial move. Mescaline, a natural hallucinogen...
A South African plant called a woolly umbrella is completely unrelated to the cannabis plant, yet it makes a slew of the active compounds found in cannabis – cannabinoids – including some that may have new medical uses. In a study just published in Nature Plants,...
People might eat greens to lower their cholesterol levels, but contrary to common belief, most plants are not cholesterol-free. Reported recently in Nature Plants, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have now deciphered the biochemical reactions...