Description

Botanical Name : Cinchona Officinalis
Family Name : Rubiaceae
Common Name : Quinine Bark, Peruvian Bark, Quinine Bark
Part Used : Quinine Isolated From Bark
Habitat : Cultivated in nilgiri hills
Product offered : Bark
 

Product Name	Cinnamon Bark Exract
Latin Name in Botany	Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae
The Used Part	Bark
Available Specification	*0:1
Appearance	Red Brown Powder
Odor	Characteristic
Taste	Characteristic
Sieve Analysis	**0% pass *0 mesh
Loss on Drying	5% Max
Solubility	solubility in grain alcohol
Active Ingredient:	Caffeine
Type of extraction:	Water/ grain alcohol

Uses :
Quinine Bark is bitter, astringent, thermogenic, febrifugre, oxytoxic and anodyne, digestive, antipyretic, cardiotonic, anti-inflammatory and tonic.
 
Cinchona Officinalis is useful in malerial and intermittent fevers, lumbago, bacterial infections, helminthiasis, dyspepsia, chronic dysentery, skin diseases, cough, bronchitis and cardiac debility.
 
The powdered peruvian bark (quinine bark) is often used in tooth-powders, owing to its astringency. Cinchona officinalis in decoction is a useful gargle and a good throat astringent.