Quinine Dihydrochloride

Quinine is a drug that is used to fight various diseases, including malaria and some other parasitic infections. This drug was developed in the 1940s by American chemist Dr. Robert M. Kennedy, and over the next two decades it continued to be developed and used as a major tool in the fight against malaria.

Quinine is a natural substance obtained from quinine alkaloids, which in turn are extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree and its leaves. Quinine is used as an antimalarial drug due to its ability to stop the reproduction of Plasmodium falciparum.