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Quinol vs Quinine - What's the difference?

quinol | quinine |

As nouns the difference between quinol and quinine

is that quinol is (organic chemistry) a partial reduction of a quinone, a diene of the cyclohexadienediones class of biochemicals while 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.

quinol

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A partial reduction of a quinone, a diene of the cyclohexadienediones class of biochemicals.

    • References

    Wikipedia page on quinones

    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

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