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Quinine is an antimalarial drug extracted
from the bark of the cinchona tree. Peruvian
Indians taught French missionaries how to use
the bark in 1630, but quinine was not
isolated until 1820. It is a bitter alkaloid
(C20H24N2O2).
Subject by: Andrew Longhorn