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Quinoline vs Chloroquine - What's the difference?

quinoline | chloroquine |

As nouns the difference between quinoline and chloroquine

is that quinoline is (organic compound) any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, c9h7n while chloroquine is a 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent malaria, having the chemical formula c18h26cln3.

quinoline

English

Noun

(wikipedia quinoline) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C9H7N.

    • Derived terms

    * isoquinoline * nitroquinoline

    chloroquine

    English

    Noun

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

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "chloroquine")