cinchonine (alkaloid of cinchona)

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• cinchonine — A quinoline alkaloid prepared from the bark of several species of Cinchona; a tonic and antimalarial agent. Several c. salts are available. * * * cin·cho·nine siŋ kə .nēn, sin chə n a bitter white crystalline alkaloid C19H22N2O found esp. in… …   Medical dictionary

• cinchona —   n. S American tree with bark yielding quinine; Peruvian bark.    ♦ cinchonic, a.    ♦ cinchonine, n. quinine like alkaloid extracted from cinchona bark.    ♦ cinchonism   n. condition due to over use of quinine and other extracts of cinchona… …   Dictionary of difficult words

• cinchonine — noun an alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug • Hypernyms: ↑alkaloid …   Useful english dictionary

• cinchonine — noun Date: 1825 a bitter white crystalline alkaloid C19H22N2O found especially in cinchona bark and used like quinine …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cinchonine — /sing keuh neen , nin, sin /, n. Pharm. a colorless, crystalline, slightly water soluble alkaloid, C19H22N2O, a stereoisomer of cinchonidine, obtained from the bark of various species of cinchona and used chiefly as a quinine substitute. [1815… …   Universalium

• cinchonine — noun An alkaloid, obtained from the bark of cinchona trees, that is used as an antimalarial agent …   Wiktionary

• cinchonine — /ˈsɪŋkənin/ (say singkuhneen) noun a colourless, crystalline alkaloid, C19H22ON2, obtained from various species of the cinchona bark, formerly used as an antipyretic and quinine substitute …  

• cinchonidine — cin·cho·ni·dine kän ə .dēn, kō nə , chō nə n a bitter crystalline alkaloid C19H22N2O stereoisomeric with cinchonine that is found in cinchona bark and used like quinine * * * cin·cho·ni·dine (sin koґnĭ dēn) an alkaloid of cinchona, used …   Medical dictionary

• Quinine — Not to be confused with quinone. Quinine Systematic (IUPAC) name …   Wikipedia

• cinchonidine — ˌdēn, də̇n noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cinchon (from New Latin Cinchona) + idine; originally formed in French : a bitter crystalline levorotatory alkaloid C19H22N2O stereoisomeric with cinchonine that is found in… …   Useful english dictionary

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