Quinina: 470 anos de história, controvérsias e desenvolvimento Quinine: 470 years of history, controversy and science development
| Autor: | Alfredo Ricardo Marques de Oliveira, Daiane Szczerbowski |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | Química Nova, Vol 32, Iss 7, Pp 1971-1974 (2009) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0100-4042 1678-7064 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0100-40422009000700048 |
| Popis: | After 470 years, a history of development, international seed smuggling and scientific development that caused deep changes in our society, has reached an end. In 1638, the countess of Chinchón contracted a disease while in the Amazon rain forest and was healed by a potion used by the native inhabitants. In 1856, William H. Perkin while attempting to obtain synthetic quinine, discovered the mauveína, a molecule that changed the world. The synthesis of quinine was also the subject of a bitter controversy among two excellent scientists of the 20th century. During centuries, quinine was the only hope against malaria disease and its exploration almost extinguished the Cinchona tree. |
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