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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cinchonidine1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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