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Definition of Cinchonine
1. Noun. An alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug.
Definition of Cinchonine
1. n. One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia.
Definition of Cinchonine
1. Noun. (organic compound) An alkaloid, obtained from the bark of cinchona trees, that is used as an antimalarial agent. ¹
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Definition of Cinchonine
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Medical Definition of Cinchonine
1. A quinoline alkaloid prepared from the bark of several species of Cinchona; a tonic and antimalarial agent. Several cinchonine salts are available. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cinchonine
Literary usage of Cinchonine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"Miller and Rohde,* in 1895, that prolonged heating of cinchonine with acetic acid
at a temperature of 100° leads to the formation of a substance isomeric ..."
2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"cinchonine dissolves in 3810 parts of water at 10°, and in 3670 parts at 20° ...
cinchonine combines readily with phosphorus, and forms with sulphur a grey ..."
3. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1892)
"When the free bases are crystallised from alcohol the cinchonine is deposited
... cinchonine is almost insoluble in cold water, and requires 2500 parts of ..."
4. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1853)
"On the application of ether about 5 grains were dissolved of 11.5 grains, showing
a proportion of 1.04 per cent, quinine and 1.35 per cent, cinchonine, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"—A solution of cinchonine in acetic acid always exhibits an acid reaction, however
great may be the excess of cinchonine contained in it ; but if ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1861)
"After various proposals, which have met only with indifferent success, the salt
of cinchonine has been more recently experimented on with more satisfactory ..."
7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"cinchonine chloride C!ltH,TN,CI, obtained similarly to quinine chloride (7.11.).
It crystallises in prisms, melting at 72°, and is dextrorotatory. ..."
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