cinchonidine

[ sing-kon-i-deen, -din, sin- ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble, levorotatory alkaloid, C 19 H 22 N 2 O, stereoisomeric with cinchonine and similarly derived, used chiefly as a quinine substitute.

cinchonidine

/ sɪŋˈkɒnɪˌdiːn /

noun

1. an alkaloid that is a stereoisomer of cinchonine, with similar properties and uses

Word History and Origins

Origin of cinchonidine¹

First recorded in 1850–55; cinchon(a) + -id ³ + -ine ²

Example Sentences

Red bark contains not only quinine and cinchonine, but also cinchonidine.

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If it is chemically pure, cinchonidine belongs to the non-fluorescent alkaloids.

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It is nothing more than quinidine, or cinchonidine, or a mixture of both.

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After subsidence of the acute symptoms cinchonidine salicylate may be continued for a few days in appropriate doses.

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Cinchonidine, when heated with potassium hydrate, yields quinoline also, and with nitric acid the same products as cinchonine.

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