Gujarati
7.Human Health and Disease
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Quinine an important drug for treatment of malaria, is extracted from

A

Calyx of Cinnamon

B

Brak of Cinchona

C

Red ants

D

Brak of tulsi

Solution

(b) Quinine $({C_{20}}{H_{24}}{N_2}{O_2})$ is an alkaloid obtained from Cinchona bark. It suppresses the asexual erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites and has a slight effect on the gametocytes of Plasmodium vivax and P. malariae.

Standard 12
Biology

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