1) Antimalarial 2) Antimalarial drug 3) Beneficial drug 4) Bitter compound 5) Bitter tonic 6) Gin and tonic ingredient 7) Malaria medicine 8) Tonic component 9) Tonic water ingredient 10) Used in malaria therapy
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1) Kina
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Quinine occurs naturally in the bark of the cinchona tree, though it has also been synthesized in the laboratory. The medicinal properties of the cinchona tree were originally discovered by the Quechua, who are indigenous to Peru and Bolivia; later, the Jesuits were the first to bring cinchona to Europe. Quinine was the first effective Western tre...
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• (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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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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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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<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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(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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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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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.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kwī′nīn, -nēn, kwin′-īn, -ēn Definitions: 1. The most important of the alkaloids derived from cinchona; an antimalarial effective against the asexual and erythrocytic forms of the parasite, but having no effect on the exoerythrocytic (tissue) forms. It does not produce a radical cure of...
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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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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 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 sti...
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n] - a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark
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The bitter ingredient in tonic, derived from the bark of the cinchona tree.
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noun a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
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Antimalarial drug extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree. Peruvian Indians taught French missionaries how to use the bark in 1630, but quinine was not isolated until 1820. It is a bitter alkaloid, with the formula C
20H
24N
2O
2. Other antimalarial drugs h...
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The original drug against malaria. The term has been derived from 'kina', a Peruvian Indian word, which means 'bark of the tree' pertaining to the chinchona tree.
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a white, bitter, slightly water-soluble alkaloid, CHNO, having needlelike crystals, obtained from cinchona bark: used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of resistant forms of malaria. · a salt of this alkaloid, esp. the sulfate.
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During the British Raj, soldiers took quinine—a bitter extraction from cinchona bark—to treat and prevent malaria. They found that mixing it with gin, water and sugar made the medicine go down easy. When they eventually replaced that quinine and water with tonic made from the same bittering agent, the G&T was born. While cinchona is used as a b...
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[Difficult words] a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark
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[Obscure words] a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark
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