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Cinchona officinalis  Linn.

   

Botanical Name

:

Cinchona officinalis Linn.

English Name

:

Peruvian, Crown or Pale Cinchona Bark

Synonym(s)

:

Cinchona uritusinga. Cinchona condaminea. Cinchona academica. Cinchona crispa and Cinchona chahuarguera

Family

:

Rubiaceae

 

General Info

Description

A tree 6-15 m in height with rough brown bark, having pale yellow markings inside and dull white ones outside, 7-15 cm long, ovate-lanceolate leaves with reddish green petioles, red flowers in coryliform cymes, oblong, 12-20 mm long capsules and elliptic winged seeds.

Herb Effects

Antimalarial (plant and bark); antiarrhythmic and cardiotonic (plant); antipyretic, stringent and antiseptic (bark); antiparasitic, antiprotozoal, antispasmodic, bitter digestive aid, cardiotonic (tones, balances, strengthens the heart).

Links

Tropical Plant Database
Excerpt from Boericke's Materia Medica: The Tinctures

Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Quinine,quinidine, cinchonidine, cinchonine and cinchotannic acid(Plant); quercetin, kaempferol and avicularin (leaves)

Chemistry of Active Ingredients
Product Categories

Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Product Categories
Quinine 72646-90-3 (2-ethenyl-4-azabicy
clo[2.2.2]oct-5-yl)-
(6-methoxyquinolin-4
-yl)-metha nol
C20H24N2O2 Click Here To Enlarge
Quinidine Not Available (3-ethenyl-7-bicyclo
[2.2.2]octyl)-(6-met
hoxy-1H-quinolin-4-y
l)-methano l
C21H26NO2+ Click Here To Enlarge
Cinchonidine 485-71-2 (2-ethenyl-4-azabicy
clo[2.2.2]oct-5-yl)-
quinolin-4-yl-methan
ol
C19H22N2O Click Here To Enlarge
Cinchonine 24831-03-6 (2-ethenyl-4-azabicy
clo[2.2.2]oct-5-yl)-
quinolin-4-yl-methan
ol
C19H22N2O Click Here To Enlarge
Quercetin Not Available 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one
C15H10O7 Click Here To Enlarge
Kaempferol 80714-53-0 3-[3-[4,5-dihydroxy-
6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-oxan-2-yl
]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6
-(hydroxymethyl)oxan
-2 -yl]oxy-4,5-dihy
droxy-2-(4-hydroxyph
enyl)-chromen-7-one
C33H40O21 Click Here To Enlarge
Avicularin Not Available 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-
(4,5,6-trihydroxyoxa
n-3-yl)oxy -chroman
-4-one
C20H20O11 Click Here To Enlarge

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

As a tonic in intermittent fevers, debility, leucorrhea, smallpox, rheumatism, etc.. in skin ulcers and gum problems (bark); sore throat (bark decoction or infusion)

Contraindication

May potentiate blood thinning medications such as Warfarin.®

Reference

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal Aromatic Plants inIndia.


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