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   Quinine
   Quinine is an anti-malaria drug derived from the bark of the cinchona tree (Jesuit's Bark). It was first discovered in 1820 by Pelletier and Caventou and the first artificial quinine was prepared in 1865 by Scott. Contrary to popular opinion, the use of quinine has not entirely superseded the use of quinine containing barks in medicine, bark is still used in the Caribbean and South America for the treatment of fever and other ills.
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   quinine
   [n] - a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark
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   Quinine
   Quinine: The original antimalarial agent, quinine took its name from the Peruvian Indian word 'kina' meaning 'bark of the tree' referring to the cinchona tree. From this tree, quinine was first obtained. The Peruvian Indians called it 'the fever tree.' Quinine, a large and complex molecule, is the most important alkaloid found in cinchona bark. Unt ...
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   quinine
   An alkaloid isolated from cinchona bark. Used as an antimalarial. It is believed to act by raising the pH of endocytotic vesicles and inhibiting internal membrane fusion processes.
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   Quinine
   Qui'nine noun [ French (cf. Spanish quinina ), from Spanish quina , or quinaquina , Peruvian bark, from Peruv. kina , quina , bark. Confer Kinic .] (Chemistry) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya ) as a bitter white crystalline substance, C ₂₀ H ₂₄ N ₂ O
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   quinine
   <drug> An alkaloid isolated from cinchona bark. Used as an antimalarial. It is believed to act by raising the pH of endocytotic vesicles and inhibiting internal membrane fusion processes. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   quinine
   noun a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
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   Quinine
   `Quinine` , `(R)-(5-ethenyl-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-yl)-(6-methoxyquinolin-4-yl) -methanol`, is a natural white crystalline alkaloid having antipyretic (fever-reducing), anti-smallpox, analgesic (painkilling), and anti-inflammatory properties and a bitter taste. It is a stereoisomer of quinidine. Quinine was the first effective treatment for malaria caused by `P. falciparum`, appearing in therapeutics in the 17th century. It remained the antima...
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   quinine
   (kwin´in) (kwin-ēn´) (kwi´nīn) an alkaloid of cinchona that is an antimalarial agent; it suppresses the asexual erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites and has a slight effect on the gametocytes. It also has analgesic, antipyretic, mild oxytocic, cardiac depressant, and scler...
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    Quinine
    • (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc.Quinine: words...
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    quinine
    drug obtained from cinchona bark that is used chiefly in the treatment of malaria, an infection caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium, which is ... [11 related articles]
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    quinine
    A substance derived from cinchona bark from South America, long used in treating a variety of ailments. It was preeminent in early treatment of malaria until the 1930s when atabrine, a synthetic alkaloid drug, was introduced; after this more suitable quinine derivatives such as chloroquine were synt...
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    Quinine
    An alkaloid from cinchona bark, used in the treatment of malaria. Pregnant women should avoid taking the medication during pregnancy as intrauterine exposure has been linked to malformations of the newborn's central nervous system and heart.
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    quinine
    quinine (kwī'nīn", kwinēn') , white crystalline alkaloid with a bitter taste. Before the development of more effective synthetic drugs such as quinacrine, chloroquine, and primaquine, quinine was the specific agent in the treatment of malaria. Almost insoluble in water,...
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