cinchonine
a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble alkaloid, C19H22N2O, a stereoisomer of cinchonidine, obtained from the bark of various species of cinchona and used chiefly as a quinine substitute.
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The operation is then repeated, the ether being replaced by chloroform in which both quinine and cinchonine are soluble.
Legal Chemistry | A. NaquetRed bark contains not only quinine and cinchonine, but also cinchonidine.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooleycinchonine may be prepared from its sulphate or disulphate in the same way as quinine.
It is stated that incomplete examinations have detected cinchonine in the bark.
When cinchonine is distilled with solid potassium hydrate, it yields pyrrol and bases of both the pyridine and quinoline series.
British Dictionary definitions for cinchonine
/ (ˈsɪŋkəˌniːn) /
an insoluble crystalline alkaloid isolated from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria. Formula: C 19 H 22 N 2 O
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