Cinchona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cinchona is a genus of about 25 species in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical South America. They are large shrubs or small trees growing to 5-15 metres tall with evergreen foliage. The leave...
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current 13:39, 17 March 2005 600×450 (55 KB) JoJan (Cinchona pubescens ... Cinchona pubescens (flowers) ... Cinchona pubescens...
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Description of cinchona, its habitat, medicinal uses, and other useful tips. ... Cinchona Bark ... The plant known as the cinchona is a tall evergreen tree that often reaches between fifty to a hundred feet in height when fully mature. The leaves of the cinchona are flat and broad, marked off by large veins running in the...
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www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_cinchona.htm
www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_cinchona.htm
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(Cinchona officinalis) ... Genus: Cinchona; Species: officinalis, ledgeriana, succirubra, calisaya; Synonyms: Quinaquina officinalis, Quinaquina lancifolia, Quinaquina coccinea; ... Legend has it that the name cinchona came from the countess of Chinchon, the wife of a Peruvian viceroy, who was cured of a malarial type of...
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www.rain-tree.com/quinine.htm
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Historians debate whether cinchona was an indigenous medicine or was discovered by Europeans. Evidence suggests that malaria did not exist in the New World before the arrival of the Spanish. Thus, according to one author, native people knew nothing about the medicinal use of cinchona bark.
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CINCHONA Linnaeu ... Inflorescence of Cinchona pubescens (upper left) ; Province of Carchi, Ecuador ; Photo P. Delprete ... Bark samples (quinine bark) of various species of Cinchona;
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www.nybg.org/bsci/res/CINCHONA.HTML
www.nybg.org/bsci/res/CINCHONA.HTML
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cinchona medical information ... The dried bark of the root and stem of various species of Cinchona, a genus of evergreen trees (family Rubiaceae), native of South America but cultivated in various tropic regions. The cultivated bark contains 7–10% of total alkaloids;
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www.drugs.com/dict/cinchona.html
www.drugs.com/dict/cinchona.html
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The Medscape Journal ... Cinchona Alkaloids [chemistry] ... 0 (Cinchona Alkaloids)
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/15666417
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[sĭng-kṓnə, sĭn-chṓ-]
