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Quinidine vs Quinicine - What's the difference?

quinidine | quinicine |

As nouns the difference between quinidine and quinicine

is that quinidine is (organic compound|medicine) an isomer of quinine that is used as an antiarrhythmic agent while quinicine is (organic compound|archaic) an uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.

quinidine

English

Noun

(wikipedia quinidine) (-)
  • (organic compound, medicine) An isomer of quinine that is used as an antiarrhythmic agent

    • quinicine

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (organic compound, archaic) An uncrystallizable alkaloid obtained by the action of heat from quinine, with which it is isomeric.

    • Synonyms

    * quinotoxine (more recent)