Wild Quinine

Eastern Deciduous Forest, Tall Grass Prairie
Wild Quinine 
Parthenium integrifolium
 
http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/files/1613/3960/2143/ParInt3.jpg
 
Habitat: Pairies, rock outcrops, roadsides from Mass to GA. and TX to MN

Seasons: Late spring to early fall

Active Chemical Ingredient: Quinine: C20H24N2O2
  • Used to kill the malaria parasites living in red blood cells
  • Quinine is a white crystalline alkaloid having antipyretic (fever-reducing), antimalarial, analgesic (painkilling), and anti-inflammatory properties
https://beersensoryscience.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/quinine.png?w=300&h=212
 Uses of Specimen: 
  • Poultice for burns (use leaves)
  • Treatment of Malaria
  • Treatment of Fever (use flowering tops in tea)
  • Badder ailments (kidney) (use roots in tea)

2 comments:

  1. aubreypAugust 31, 2020 at 9:24 AM

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  2. aubreypAugust 31, 2020 at 1:41 PM

    Hi Megan! Thank you for this information. Someone mentioned to me that Parthenium integrifolium doesn’t contain any actual quinine. Obviously, this post says that it does (which I believe). But for the sake of full investigation, do you have a source to point to that states quinine is an active constituent in Parthenium integrifolium? Thank you!

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