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cin·cho·nine

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cinchoninenoun

    an alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is used as an antimalarial drug

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  1. cinchoninenoun

    An alkaloid, obtained from the bark of cinchona trees, that is used as an antimalarial agent.

Wikipedia

  1. Cinchonine

    Cinchonine is an alkaloid found in Cinchona officinalis. It is used in asymmetric synthesis in organic chemistry. It is a stereoisomer and pseudo-enantiomer of cinchonidine. It is structurally similar to quinine, an antimalarial drug.

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  1. cinchonine

    Cinchonine is a stereoisomer and natural organic compound that is classified as a quinoline alkaloid. It is isolated from the bark of the cinchona tree, a genus of flowering plants native to the tropical Andean forests of western South America. Cinchonine is used in medicine, primarily in the form of salts, for its antimalarial, analgesic, and antipyretic properties. It's also used as a chemical precursor in the production of other compounds and in stereospecific chemical reactions in organic chemistry.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cinchoninenoun

    one of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia

  2. Etymology: [From Cinchona: cf. F. cinchonine.]

Wikidata

  1. Cinchonine

    Cinchonine is an alkaloid found in Cinchona officinalis. It is used in asymmetric synthesis in organic chemistry. It is a stereoisomer and pseudo-enantiomer of cinchonidine.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cinchonine in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cinchonine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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