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To: JayGalt

I would like to see a spectral analysis of grapefruit rind to see if there really is any quinine there and, if so, how much. I am rather unconvinced that there is. Cinchona and grapefruit are not closely related taxonomically. Also, the quinine bark you buy in the health food store probably has had most of the quinine removed.


71 posted on 05/23/2020 11:58:08 AM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: Hiddigeigei
OK. I think it is a quinine like compound not quinine. There has been much research done on just that question I'll get you started...

https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2891-6-33

https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/21/2/247/pdf

Feb 22, 2016 - peel, leaves, juice and roots of C. sinensis, which include the following ... quinine (3D7 strain IC50 0.02 µg/mL) [60]. ... for determining carbosulfan and its metabolites in citrus by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry.

72 posted on 05/23/2020 1:09:36 PM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance. Nemo me impune lacessit!)
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