Quinine. Cinchona Alkaloids (Tryptophan Derived Quinoline Alkaloids)

  • Sunil Kumar Talapatra
  • Bani Talapatra
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Abstract

Quinine is perhaps the only natural drug that has the long tradition of saving thousand millions of malaria- infected people for more than 300 years [1]. The disease malaria immediately reminds of the Cinchona bark and root, for that matter, quinine, their active principle. David Livingstone (a Scottish Missionary and an Explorer, 1813–1873) fell prey several times to malaria (Italian “mal” “aria,” meaning bad air) but recovered, using Cinchona bark preparations, though became weak due to side effects. Finally he died of malaria in 1873 at the Lake Tanganyika [1].

Keywords

Absolute Configuration Chiral Center Total Synthesis Benzyl Chloride Indole Alkaloid 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Sunil Kumar Talapatra
    • 1
  • Bani Talapatra
    • 1
  1. 1.Dept. ChemistryUniversity of CalcuttaKolkataIndia

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