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Definition of Quinic

1. a. Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance.

Definition of Quinic

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or derived from quinine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quinic

1. pertaining to quinine [adj] - See also: quinine

Medical Definition of Quinic

1. Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc, as a white crystalline substance. Alternative forms: chinic, kinic. See: Quinine, and cf. Kinic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quinic

Literary usage of Quinic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"quinic acid dissolves slowly in 2^ pta. of cold wafer, and in a much smaller ... quinic acid which has been heated above 200° contains small quantities of ..."

2. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1873)
"quinic acid has also been found in coffee-berries and in the leaves of the bilberry-bush. When quinic acid is heated with a mixture of sulphuric acid and ..."

3. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1869)
"quinic acid has also been found in coffee-berries and in the leaves of the bilberry-bush. When quinic acid is healed with a mixture of sulphuric acid and ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"The salt is purified by animal black and several successive crystallizations ; and in order to separate the quinic acid from it, ..."

5. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Or, The Action of Drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1915)
"Piperazine and quinic Acid. of uric acid in the tissues and urine. ... quinic acid has been suggested as a treatment for gout on the erroneous theory that ..."

6. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Or, The Action of Drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1910)
"Piperazine and quinic Acid. Several new organic compounds have been introduced ... The latest remedy is quinic acid, CjH^O,, which is found in cinchona bark ..."

7. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"... is the principal product of the dry distillation of quinic acid : — quinic acid. Hydroquinone. ..."

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