Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production Question 252

Question: Quinine is important in treatment of malaria is extracted from [MP PMT 1989, 99; RPMT 1995, 99; CPMT 1995; BHU 1997; AFMC 2003]

Options:

A) Bark of Cinchona

B) Bark of Cinnamon

C) Stem of Hevea

D) Leaves of Ocimum

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Quinine is one of the most important drugs known and it is the only adequate cure for malaria and quinine is extracted from the hard thick bark of species of Cinchona.