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Quinine vs Cinchonine - What's the difference?

quinine | cinchonine |

As nouns the difference between quinine and cinchonine

is that quinine is (pharmaceutical drug) a bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water while cinchonine is (organic compound) an alkaloid, obtained from the bark of cinchona trees, that is used as an antimalarial agent.

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 ----

    cinchonine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia cinchonine) (-)
  • (organic compound) An alkaloid, obtained from the bark of cinchona trees, that is used as an antimalarial agent.

    • Related terms

    * cinchonidine * dihydrocinchonine