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Descriptor English:
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Quinine
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Quinina
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Quinina
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Synonyms English:
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Biquinate
Bisulfate, Quinine
Hydrochloride, Quinine
Legatrim
Myoquin
Quinamm
Quinbisan
Quinbisul
Quindan
Quinimax
Quinine Bisulfate
Quinine Hydrochloride
Quinine Lafran
Quinine Sulfate
Quinine Sulphate
Quinine-Odan
Quinoctal
Quinson
Quinsul
Strema
Sulfate, Quinine
Sulphate, Quinine
Surquina
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Tree Number:
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D03.132.206.719
D03.605.687.762
D03.633.100.810.762
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Definition English:
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An alkaloid derived from the bark of the cinchona tree. It is used as an antimalarial drug, and is the active ingredient in extracts of the cinchona that have been used for that purpose since before 1633. Quinine is also a mild antipyretic and analgesic and has been used in common cold preparations for that purpose. It was used commonly and as a bitter and flavoring agent, and is still useful for the treatment of babesiosis. Quinine is also useful in some muscular disorders, especially nocturnal leg cramps and myotonia congenita, because of its direct effects on muscle membrane and sodium channels. The mechanisms of its antimalarial effects are not well understood. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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/biosyn permitted if by plant
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Pharmacological Action:
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Antimalarials
Muscle Relaxants, Central
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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12240
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Unique Identifier:
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D011803
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DeCS
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