Cinchona (pronounced /sɪŋˈkoʊnə/ or /sɪnˈtʃoʊnə/) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing at least 23 species of trees and shrubs...
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Cinchona calisaya is a species of shrub or tree in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to the forests of the eastern slopes of the Andes, where they grow...
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Cinchona officinalis is a South American tree in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to wet montane forests in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, between...
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Cinchona pubescens, also known as red cinchona and quina (Kina) ((in Spanish) Cascarilla, cinchona; (in Portuguese) quina-do-amazonas, quineira), is native...
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Jesuit's bark (redirect from Cinchona bark)
Jesuit's bark, also known as cinchona bark, Peruvian bark or China bark, is a former remedy for malaria, as the bark contains quinine used to treat the...
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Cinchona can refer to Cinchona, a genus in the Rubiaceae plant family Jesuit's bark, also called cinchona: bark from any of several Cinchona species used...
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entirely clear. Quinine was first isolated in 1820 from the bark of a cinchona tree, which is native to Peru, and its molecular formula was determined...
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Aperol is an Italian bitter apéritif made with gentian, rhubarb, and cinchona, among other ingredients. It has a vibrant orange hue. Its name comes from...
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flavouring may include any of the following: gentian, angelica, cardoon, cinchona (china), lemon balm (melissa), lemon verbena (cedrina), juniper, anise...
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Hymenodictyon orixense (redirect from Cinchona excelsa)
Synonyms List Benteca rheedei Roem. & Schult. Cinchona excelsa Roxb. Cinchona orixensis Roxb. Cinchona thyrsiflora Roxb. Exostema philippicum Schult....
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Tetragonoderus cinchona is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It was described by Jedlicka in 1964. "Tetragonoderus cinchona Jedlicka, 1964"...
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History of malaria (section Cinchona tree)
malaria. The first effective treatment for malaria came from the bark of the cinchona tree, which contains quinine. After the link to mosquitos and their parasites...
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Cinchotannic acid (redirect from Cinchona red)
many cinchona barks, which by oxidation rapidly yields a dark-coloured phlobaphene called red cinchonic, cinchono-fulvic acid or cinchona red. Cinchona Bark...
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USS Cinchona (AN-12/YN-7) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the U.S. Navy during World War II with her protective anti-submarine...
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and soon followed by ipecacuanha and strychnos in 1817, quinine from the cinchona tree, and then many others. As chemistry progressed, additional classes...
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reported that its recipe includes Chinese rhubarb, Aloe ferox (bitter aloe), cinchona, chocolate, quinine, and angelica. According to the Branca website, the...
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Clements Markham (section Cinchona mission, 1859–1861)
geographer to the India Office, and was responsible for the collection of cinchona plants from their native Peruvian forests, and their transplantation in...
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The Cinchona Missions (1942–1945) were a series of expeditions led by the United States to find natural sources of quinine in South America during World...
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Calisaya is a herbal liqueur produced by infusing cinchona calisaya, and other barks, roots and flowers in grain neutral spirit and Seville orange extract...
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aromatised wine, a variety of apéritif. Traditionally quinquinas contain cinchona bark, which provides quinine. Quinine was used in treating malaria. Americano...
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an experimental cultivation of Cinchona, a commercial crop thriving at the time. Once after the Tea replaced the Cinchona, it was turned into an experimental...
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chemist William Cullen into German. Being sceptical of Cullen's theory that cinchona cured malaria because it was bitter, Hahnemann ingested some bark specifically...
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As early as the 17th century the Spanish used quinine from the bark of Cinchona trees to treat malaria after being shown the remedy from the Indigenous...
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named with respect to its status as a quinquina), quinine liqueur made of cinchona bark from Peru was included among its ingredients. "Lillet" belongs to...
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subtropics. Economically important genera include Coffea, the source of coffee; Cinchona, the source of the antimalarial alkaloid quinine; ornamental cultivars...
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in the phellem layer of cork cambium, part of the suberin mixture. Many cinchona barks contain a particular tannin, cinchotannic acid, which by oxidation...
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across communities. Quinine, which is found naturally in the bark of the cinchona tree, is known to be used by Quechuas people for malaria-like symptoms...
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region, surpassing the diversity of any other hotspot. The small tree Cinchona pubescens, a source of quinine which is used to treat malaria, is found...
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Sugar production doubled between 1870 and 1885; new crops such as tea and cinchona flourished, and rubber was introduced, leading to dramatic increases in...
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The 2009 Cinchona earthquake occurred at 1:21:35 pm local time on January 8 with an Mwc magnitude of 6.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very...
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