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Quinine vs Chloroquine - What's the difference?

quinine | chloroquine |

As nouns the difference between quinine and chloroquine

is that quinine is a bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water while chloroquine is category:en:DrugsA 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent malaria, having the chemical formula C18H26ClN3

quinine

English

(wikipedia quinine)

Noun

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  • (pharmaceutical drug) A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water.
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    • See also

    * Jesuit's bark ----

    chloroquine

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent malaria, having the chemical formula C18H26ClN3

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "chloroquine")