Quinoline compounds can be used to produce pharmaceuticals, dyes, photosensitive materials, rubber, solvents, and chemical reagents. Quinoline is mainly used in medicine to manufacture three major categories of drugs: nicotinic acid, 8-hydroxyquinoline, and quinine. Niacin based drugs include nicotinamide, cardiac stimulants, stimulants, and drugs for treating tapeworm diseases; 8-hydroxyquinoline series can be used to manufacture drugs for treating amoebiasis and wound disinfectants, as well as antifungal agents and textile auxiliaries; Boramequinine, chloroquinine, and hydroxyquinine are synthetic drugs with specific efficacy in treating malaria. Isoquinoline can be used to manufacture insecticides, antimalarials, rubber vulcanization accelerators, and chemical reagents for the determination of rare metals. Methyl quinoline can be used to manufacture color film sensitizers and dyes, as well as solvents, impregnating agents, corrosion inhibitors, quinine based drugs, and insecticides. The extraction process of quinoline compounds can be found in heavy pyridine refining.