Large-scale chiral quinidine nanotubes and nanowires have been obtained by pressure-filter and wetting procedure using porous aluminum oxide template. The circular dichroism (CD) spectra show quinidine nanotubes and nanowires remain the optical properties of chirality in the aggregations. Compared with that of the quinidine solution, the CD spectra of quinidine nanotubes and nanowires show obvious red shift. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.