Top Constituents and Uses of Cinchona bark

Top Constituents and Uses of Cinchona bark:

 

Constituents:

·         Quinoline alkaloids(Quinine, Quinidine, Cinchonine, Cinchonidine)

·         Quinovin glycosides

·         Catechol tannin

Uses:

·         Source of  Quinine and Quinidine

·         Antimalarial (Quinine)

·         Quinidine used in treatment of cardiac fibrillation(auricular fibrillation) as cardiac depressant

·         Astringent

·         Bitter tonic/stomachic (stimulating gastric and appetite )

·         Used in hair preparation

·         Contra indicated during pregnancy