CINCHONINE


Meaning of CINCHONINE in English

one of a series of alkaloids derived from cinchona bark. It is chemically similar to the alkaloid quinine and has a weak antimalarial activity. Cinchonine, which was isolated from cinchona bark in 1811, is one-fifth as active as quinine in combating the growth and reproduction of the malarial parasites (Plasmodium species).

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