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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Cinchona officinalis (Rubiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Kinakina; Peruvian Bark

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Amebiasis Elsewhere *
Anesthetic Elsewhere *
Antiseptic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiseptic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Carditis Elsewhere *
Cold Elsewhere *
Contraceptive Elsewhere *
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Flu Elsewhere *
Hangover China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Insecticide Elsewhere *
Lumbago Elsewhere *
Malaria Elsewhere *
Malaria Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Nalaria Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Neuralgia Elsewhere *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.