Koka

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Koka
Naučna klasifikacija
Carstvo: Plantae
Divizija: Magnoliophyta
Razred: Magnoliopsida
Red: Malpighiales
Porodica: Erythroxylaceae
Rod: Erythroxylum
Vrsta: E. coca

Koka je biljka iz istoimene familije (Erythroxylaceae) poreklom iz severozapadne Južne Amerike, čija je stabljika u obliku grma sa široko eliptičnim listovima. Ima male zelenkaste cvetove i tamnozelene semenke. Iz lišća koke se dobija alkaloid kokain. Prve preporuke o upotrebi koke u medicini potiču iz 1569. godine (španski lekar Monardes preporučuje je u stanjima umora i iscrpljenosti)[1][2][3].

Reference

  1. ↑ Monardes N. 1574. Primera y segunda y tercera partes de la historia medicinal de las cosas que se traen de las indias Occidentales que sirven en medicina. Tratado de la piedra Bezaar y de la yerva Escuerconera. Dialogo de las grandezas del hierro y de sus virtudes medicinales. Tratado de la nieve y del beuer frio. Sevilla, Impreso en casa de Alonso Escrivano, ff 114–5.
  2. ↑ Guerra F. 1961. Nicolas Bautista Monardes: Su vida y su obra (1493-1588). Mexico DF, Compañía Fundidora de Fierro y Acero de Monterrey SA, pp 5:15, 133.
  3. ↑ Calatayud J, Gonzalez A. 2003. History of the Development and Evolution of Local Anesthesia Since the Coca Leaf. Anesthesiology. 98(6):1503-1508.

Spoljašnje veze

Koka na Wikimedijinoj ostavi

Vanjske poveznice

  • Shared Responsibility Arhivirano 2012-12-22 na Wayback Machine-u
  • Legalize Coca Leaves – and Break the Consensus Arhivirano 2019-08-02 na Wayback Machine-u
  • OneWorld.net Analysis: Blurred Vision on Coca Eradication Arhivirano 2007-11-26 na Wayback Machine-u
  • The Coca Museum (A private museum in La Paz, Bolivia) Arhivirano 2009-04-14 na Wayback Machine-u
  • Coca - Cocaine website of the Transnational Institute (TNI)
  • Coca, Cocaine and the International Conventions Transnational Institute
  • Enaco S.A. Peruvian Enterprise of the Coca, Official Website
  • Coca Yes, Cocaine No? Legal Options for the Coca Leaf Transnational Institute (TNI), Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 13, May 2006
  • Coca leaf news page

Fotografije

  • 27 original photos on coca growing in La Convención valley, Cuzco Province, Peru
  • Harvesting coca in Yungas de La Paz, Bolivia
  • Drying coca in the Chapare, Bolivia

Video

  • Democracy Now Interview with Bolivian President Evo Morales, in which he discusses the coca leaf
  • Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez chews a coca leaf during a public TV broadcast and discuss its benefits Arhivirano 2008-03-26 na Wayback Machine-u