Name the drug that is yielded from Cinchona tree and is used to cure malaria ........

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Name the drug that is yielded from Cinchona tree and is used to cure malaria.

Camptothea

Acuminata

Quinine

Cinchonia

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Explanation:

In 1820, quinine was extracted from the bark, isolated and named by Pierre Joseph Pelletier and Joseph Caventou. Purified quinine then replaced the bark as the standard treatment for malaria . Quinine and other cinchona alkaloids including quinidine, cinchonine and cinchonidine are all effective against malaria.