Description
- available as dried bark form
- quantity 100 gm
It is the dried bark of the cultivated trees of Cinchona Calisaya Wedd. Cinchona bark contains about 25 alkaloids, which belong to quinoline group. The important alkaloids are quinine, quinidine, cinchonine and cinchonidine. for extraction of quinine , the bark is powdered and extracted with benzene or toluene in presence of alkali.