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Quinoline vs Quinine - What's the difference?

quinoline | quinine |

As nouns the difference between quinoline and quinine

is that quinoline is any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C9H7N while quinine is a bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water.

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

    quinine

    English

    (wikipedia quinine)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (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 ----