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8.Microbes in Human Welfare
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Quinine used for treatment of malarial fever is extracted from
A
Atropa belladonna
B
Cinchona officinalis
C
Aconitum napellus
D
Rauwolffiaserpentina
Solution
Quinine is obtained from the bark of Cinchona officinalis (family-Rubiaceae). The bark of this plant contains about $30$ alkaloids including quinine, cinchonine, quinidine and cinchonidine.
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