Family Name : RUBIACEAE
Botanical Name : CINCHONA OFFICINALIS
Common Name : QUININE, PERUVIAN BARK, QUININE BARK
Part Used : QUININE ISOLATED FROM BARK
Habitat : Cultivated in Nilgiri Hills
Uses : Quinine is bitter, astringent, acrid, thermogenic, febrifugre, oxytoxic and anodyne. It is digestive, antipyretic, cardiotonic, dystocia, eumbago etc.
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