quinine

[US]/'kwɪniːn/
[UK]/kwɪ'nin/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. quinine
Word Forms
Pluralquinines

Example Sentences

Quinine is an effectual preventive for malaria.

Quinine has a bitter taste.

Quinine is a natural antidote for this fever.

to swear by quinine for curing influenza

It is thought that the people of our hero have passed on their knowledge of extraction of a chemical known as quinine from quina-quina to missionaries.

Fluorescence spectra of 5-sulfosalicyclic acid (SSA) were studied.Using quinine bisulphate as a reference, fluorescence quantum yield of SSA was measured.

The most important products of Rubiaceae are coffee (mainly from Coffea arabica and C. canephora) and quinine (from Chinchona species).

If there is plasmodium in blood, usable chloroquine, avoid uses quinine, attack the medicaments such as impaludism quinoline, uncle ammonia quinoline.

Real-world Examples

And step 3: Administer quinine to curb the malaria.

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Next time anyone went to Papeete I was going to send for some quinine.

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They found that out by lacing batches of cherry pollen with either table sugar or bitter quinine.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation August 2016

Runge is also notable for having been the first to isolate quinine and also for the invention of paper chromatography.

Source: Coffee Tasting Guide

He wanted to sell them to an enemy country for exchanging quinine.

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At the time, quinine was the only viable medical treatment for malaria.

Source: IELTS Reading Real Exam Questions

Despite his best efforts, however, he did not end up with quinine.

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His concoction wasn't as powerful as Peruvian bark, which was a source of quinine a compound that actually kills the malaria parasite.

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He was attempting to manufacture quinine from aniline, an inexpensive and readily available coal tar waste product.

Source: IELTS Reading Real Exam Questions

In 1856, 18-year old English chemist William Henry Perkin accidentally created a synthetic purple compound while attempting to synthesize quinine an anti-malaria drug.

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