coca: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
    Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors.

Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Sunday Extra - Should the coca leaf be an illegal drug? Nov 06, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - Environmental Research Letters - Central America’s agro-ecological suitability for cultivating coca, Erythroxylum spp (PDF). Dec 27, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Elucidation of tropane alkaloid biosynthesis in Erythroxylum coca using a microbial pathway discovery platform. Oct 03, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Coca: The History and Medical Significance of an Ancient Andean Tradition. Aug 22, 2025
Add new Web site: ACS Publications - ACS Omega - From Tradition to Science: Chemical, Nutritional, and Cytotoxic Characterization of Erythroxylum coca from Indigenous Colombian Communities. Jul 10, 2025
Add new Web site: Southern Illinois University - OpenSIUC - Erythroxylum: The Coca Plant (PDF). May 30, 2025
Add new Web site: WebMD - Coca - Uses, Side Effects, and More. Mar 19, 2025
Add new Web site: Office of Justice Programs - Coca Cultivation and Cocaine Processing: An Overview (PDF). Jan 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Transnational Institute - Coca leaf: Myths and Reality. Aug 23, 2024
Add new Web site: ScholarWorks at BGSU - The Coca plant and bolivian identity. Jun 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Internet Archive - Coca and its therapeutic application. Dec 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Response to Water Stress: Physiological Characterization and Antioxidant Gene Expression Profiling in Commercial Clones. Mar 25, 2023
Add new Web site: DEA Museum - Coca. Feb 06, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Coca: The History and Medical Significance of an Ancient Andean Tradition. Sep 08, 2022
Deleted text claiming that coca exerts internal physiological actions similar to those of opium. Sep 23, 2016
Add new Web site: WebMD - Coca. Feb 12, 2016
Added new Web site: April Rottman - Coca Plant. Sep 14, 2007
Added new Web site: The Natural History Museum - Coca. Sep 14, 2007
Article revised. Feb 16, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
View Changes:
Article History
Revised:
By: