LP16273-2
quiNINE
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Descriptions
Quinine is a natural white crystalline alkaloid having antipyretic, anti-malarial with analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties and a bitter taste. It is a stereoisomer of quinidine. Quinine was previously superseded by chloroquine, but is now again the drug of choice for treatment of falciparum malaria because of the rise of chloroquine resistance. Quinine is available with a prescription in the U.S. Quinine is also used to treat nocturnal leg cramps and arthritis and it has also been used (with limited success) to treat people who had been infected by prions. It was once a popular heroin adulterant. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Quinine (Wikipedia)
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. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006
Basic Part Properties
- Part Display Name
- quiNINE
- Part Type
- Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
- Created On
- 2000-05-04
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- quiNINE
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 奎宁 Synonyms: C20H24N2O2·H2O; |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Quinine Synonyms: #REF! |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Kiniin |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Quinina |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Chinino |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Kuinin |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Хинин |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | quinine |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Quinine |
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