From malaria to gin and tonic: the story of the fever tree

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Nataly is passionated about gin and tonic but not only because it is a delicious drink. The compound that makes the drink bitter is quinine and it is found in the bark of the Cinchona tree, the national tree of Peru. Quinine is used to cure malaria and it has saved more lives in human history than any other remedy. Nataly is investigating the evolutionary history, the chemical diversity and the biodiversity patterns of the Cinchona trees.

Nataly’s project on the Plant.ID website:
www.plantid.uio.no/research/projects/esr08.html

Video produced by Outreach Now for Plant.ID and the Natural History Museum of Denmark.

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