From the history of medicinal plants: Сinchona
Keywords:
malaria, cinchona, cinchona bark alkaloids, Cinchona sp., quinidine, quinine, artemisinAbstract
In modern medicine herbal medicines occupy a significant place. These ancient medicines have come to scientific medicine from traditional medicine of various regions of the world. Some medical plants are currently the only raw materials for valuable medicaments: cardiac glycosides, alkaloids and etc. Most of them have a difficult and interesting way from traditional medicine and scientific medicine to inculcation to a wide medical practice. One of them is cinchona which allowed mankind to fight with malaria. The article contains little-known historical facts about appearance, research and inculcation into medicine a valuable medicament – quinine which saved millions of lives.
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