The hydrochloride of a characteristic substance, quinine, acquired from the bark of different types of Cinchona including Cinchona succirubra, Pavon. (red cinchona); Cinchona officinalis, Linn; Cinchona calizaya, Wenddell; Cinchona ledgeriana, Moens.

Quinine is a medication that is principally utilized for the treatment of jungle fever and is discovered actually in the bark of the cinchona tree. Its careful strategy for activity is not surely knew, but rather it appears to amass in the red platelets that have been tainted with intestinal sickness and accordingly wrecks the parasites.

Chemical names (8S,9R)-6-methoxy-4-quinolenyl-5-vinyl-2-quinuclidinylmethanol
hydrochloride dihydrate; (8S,9R)-6'-methoxycinchonan-9-ol-hydrochloride
dihydrate

C.A.S. number 6119-47-7

Chemical formula C20H24N2O2 • HCl • 2H2O

Description White, silky, glittering needles; odourless, effloresces when exposed to warm air

Functional Uses: Flavouring agent

CHARACTERISTICS IDENTIFICATION

Solubility (Vol. 4) Soluble in water; very soluble in ethanol; freely soluble in chloroform; very slightly soluble in ether

Specific rotation (Vol. 4) [alpha] 25, D: Between -247o and -258o (2% w/v solution in 0.1 N hydrochloric acid)

Colour test To 5 ml of a 1 in 1000 solution of the sample add 1 or 2 drops of bromine
TS followed by 1 ml of ammonia TS. The liquid acquires an emerald green colour.