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Hydroxychloroquin & Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy.

Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Government P.C. College Hydroxychloroquine   Microzenith  Demand for hydroxychloroquine has increased significantly in the world recently as an antidote to Covid-19. In that context, the news has again taken the title of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy, the inventor of the cultivation of cinchona in north Bengal and the inventor of time-consuming herbs. The main ingredient in malaria, the hydroxychloroquine, whose synthesized version is known as quinine, is the bark of the cinchona tree. Cinchona is cultivated on an area of ​​about 1.5 acres in the hill town of Mongpu and its adjoining areas of Darjeeling district of North Bengal. There were also three quinine factories once operating, though they have been closed for several years. Let's take a look at some of the milestones of the monumental role of the venerable Prafulla Chandra behind Bengal Chemical's contribution. Chloroquine was discovered in the year 1934. Its productio...