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Quinine
Cinchona pubescens
Quinine · Red Cinchona · Red Peruvian-Bark · Redbark · Arbre à quinine, Quinquina · Blanca de alausí · Bufuda · Cascarilla · Cascarilla colorada · Cascarilla roja · Cascarilla serrana · Chinski skorowc · Cinchona · Corteza roja · Gris · Hoja ahumada · Hoja de sambo · Kiniinipuu · Kinkina · Pata de gallinazo · Pata de gallinazo blanco · Peruvian bark
At a glance
Origin / distribution: not documented
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: not documented
Science studied: ALKALOIDS, CATECHOL-TANNINS, CINCHONIDINE, CINCHONININE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Rubiaceae
Scientific name: Cinchona pubescens
Common names: Quinine, Red Cinchona, Red Peruvian-Bark, Redbark, Arbre à quinine, Quinquina, Blanca de alausí, Bufuda, Cascarilla, Cascarilla colorada, Cascarilla roja, Cascarilla serrana, Chinski skorowc, Cinchona, Corteza roja, Gris, Hoja ahumada, Hoja de sambo, Kiniinipuu, Kinkina, Pata de gallinazo, Pata de gallinazo blanco, Peruvian bark
POWO: 746872-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
Historical context is not documented in this record.
Origins and distribution
not documented in this record
Documented cultural uses
not documented in this record
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Plant-based synthesis of silver nanoparticles using aqueous leaf extracts of Cinchona calisaya Wedd. and Cinchona pubescens Vahl: physicochemical characterisation and biological activities. · 2025 source ↗
- Globally Distributed Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated With Invasive <i>Cinchona pubescens</i> on Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos. · 2024 source ↗
- Green nanoarchitectonics of carbon quantum dots from Cinchona Pubescens Vahl as targeted and controlled drug cancer nanocarrier. · 2023 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALKALOIDS
- CATECHOL-TANNINS
- CINCHONIDINE
- CINCHONININE
- EO
- QUINIDINE
- QUININE
- QUINOVIC-ACID
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHRYSANTHEMIN
- CHRYSAZIN
- CINCHONAMINE
- CINCHONAMINONE
- CINCHONICINOL
- CINCHONINONE
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- CUPREINE
- CYANIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE
- DIHYDROCINCHONIDINE
- DIHYDROCINCHONINE
- DIHYDROQUINIDINE
- DIHYDROQUININE
- HYDROQUININE
- HYPEROSIDE
- NICOTIFLOROSIDE
- PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-2
- PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B2
- PROANTHOCYANIDIN-B5
- PROANTHOCYANIDIN-C1
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- PURPURIN
- PURPURIN-1-METHYL-ETHER
- QUERCETIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNO-GLUCOSIDE
- QUINAMINE
- QUINIDINONE
- QUINOVIC-ACID-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE
- ALIZARIN
- ALIZARIN-1-METHYL-ETHER
- ALIZARIN-2-METHYL-ETHER
- ANTHRAGALLOL-1,2-DIMETHYL-ETHER
- 1-HYDROXY-2-HYDROXYMETHYLANTHRAQUINONE
- 2,4,5-TRIHYDROXY-1-METHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE
- 2-HYDROXY-1,3,4,6-TETRAMETHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE
- 2-HYDROXY-1,3,4-TRIMETHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE
- 6,7-DIHYDROXY-1-METHOXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE
- DIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE
- DIHYDROXY-DIMETHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE
- DIHYDROXY-TRIMETHOXY-ANTHRAQUINONE
- (-)-EPICATECHIN
- CINCHONAIN-IA
- CINCHONAIN-IB
- CINCHONAIN-IC
- CINCHONAIN-ID
- CINCHONAIN-IIA
- CINCHONAIN-IIB
- CINCHONAIN-III-B
- 10-METHOXYCINCHONAMINE
- 3-ALPHA,17-ALPHA-CINCHOPHYLLINE
- 3-ALPHA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE
- 3-BETA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE
- 3-EPIQUINAMINE
- RUBIADIN
- SUCCIRUBINE
- METHYLSUCCIRUBINE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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