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  • Arts & Life
    Tea I
    Beth Anne Austein
    6/28/14: This week on "The Plant Detective:" According to archaeologists, human use of tea, Camellia sinensis, goes back 500,000 years. The flavonoids in…
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    Aloe
    Beth Anne Austein
    6/14/14: This week on "The Plant Detective:" Aloe was one of the most frequently prescribed medicines throughout most of the 18th and 19th centuries. It…