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it contains 25 quinoline alkaloids .important alkaloids are quinine, quinidine, cinchonine & cinchonidine.

Other alkaloids are quinicine ,cinchonicine, hydroquinine & hydrocinchonidine.

Also contains Quinovin , a bitter glycoside responsible for bitter taste,yields on hydrolysis of quinovic acid and quinovosc,a sugar derivative.cinchona bark also contains tannins as quinic acid and cincho tannic acid.

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