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- Description: Every year Mangpoo produces about 200,000 kg of cinchona bark. Cinchona bark is the source of antimalarial compound quinine and the antiarrhythmic quinidine, a substance for curing malarial and some other types of fever. There are several large constructions going on in the Mangpoo area on both sides of the road where cinchona plants are dying before the quinine extraction. Cinchona is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Originally a South American plant, cinchona was brought to India by the British colonizers. India's only quinine-making unit Government quinine factory at Mungpoo was Established in 1874, much before Indiaâs Independence, and the factory has been shut since 2001. This photo was taken at Mangpoo, West Bengal, India.Â
- Credits: Soumyabrata (India) Roy/Majority World
- Keywords: antiarrhythmic quinidine, antimalarial compound quinine, Â cinchona plants, british colonizers plant, cinchona bark, cinchona flowering plants, construction sites, cure fever, curing malarial, factory shut, family rubiaceae, government quinine factory, india, indiaâs independence, mangpoo, mangpoo area, mungpoo, quinine extraction, quinine-making unit, south american plant, west bengal
- Added: Jul 13, 2022
- Created: Jun 12, 2022
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- Photographer: Soumyabrata Roy
- Owner: Soumyabrata Roy
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- Description: Every year Mangpoo produces about 200,000 kg of cinchona bark. Cinchona bark is the source of antimalarial compound quinine and the antiarrhythmic quinidine, a substance for curing malarial and some other types of fever. There are several large constructions going on in the Mangpoo area on both sides of the road where cinchona plants are dying before the quinine extraction. Cinchona is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Originally a South American plant, cinchona was brought to India by the British colonizers. India's only quinine-making unit Government quinine factory at Mungpoo was Established in 1874, much before Indiaâs Independence, and the factory has been shut since 2001. This photo was taken at Mangpoo, West Bengal, India.Â
- Date Created: 2022-06-12 00:00:00
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- Image Description: Every year Mangpoo produces about 200,000 kg of cinchona bark. Cinchona bark is the source of antimalarial compound quinine and the antiarrhythmic quinidine, a substance for curing malarial and some other types of fever. There are several large constructi
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