Cinchona (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Cinchona

Caption

Seedling (left) and bark (right) of a cinchona tree (Cinchona pubescens). The tree's bark is primarily used to extract medically important alkaloids. To elucidate the biosynthesis of these active compounds, the research team used young plants.

Credit

Angela Overmeyer, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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