The malaria drug that has potential for #Coronavirus comes from cinchona tree bark that grows in the Andean tropical forest stretching from the bottom of South America all the way to...Venezuela. (Needs a fact check.) The drug can also be synthesized, but less economical.
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“The artificial synthesis of quinine in 1944, an increase in resistant forms of malaria, and the emergence of alternate therapies eventually ended large-scale economic interest in cinchona cultivation.” So it’s synthesized nowadays, from-chlorine...
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...which is produced from salt brine using electrolysis.
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(I’m assuming the basic components are the elements chlorine, hydrogen, & oxygen. I don’t know the precise process though.)
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