Determination of the Quinine Content in the Bark of the Cinchona Tree Grown in Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon

• Main Authors: Dayrit, Fabian M, Guidote, Armando M, Jr, Generalao, Maximino L, Serna, Constante
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 1994
• Subjects: Chemistry; Other Chemistry
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/chemistry-faculty-pubs/53; http://www.herdin.ph/index.php/component/herdin/?view=research&cid=31138
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

A rapid, accurate, and inexpensive quantitative HPTLC/densitometry procedure was developed for the simultaneous determination of the four major alkaloids found in the bark of Cinchona species: quinine, quinidine, cinchonine, and cinchonidine. Linearity and % recovery of the procedure were good. This...