Cinchona+bark
101Mutis, José Celestino — • Eminent naturalist and scientist in South America, b. at Cadiz, Spain, 6 April, 1732; d. at Bogotá, Colombia, 2 Sept., 1808 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mutis, José Celestino José Celestino Mutis …
102Jose Celestino Mutis — José Celestino Mutis † Catholic Encyclopedia ► José Celestino Mutis Eminent naturalist and scientist in South America, b. at Cadiz, Spain, 6 April, 1732; d. at Bogotá, Colombia, 2 Sept., 1808. Mutis studied medicine at Seville and …
103Quinine — The original antimalarial agent, quinine took its name from the Peruvian Indian word kina meaning bark of the tree referring to the cinchona tree. From this tree, quinine was first obtained. The Peruvian Indians called it the fever tree. Quinine …
104quinine — /kwuy nuyn, kwin uyn/ or, esp. Brit., /kwi neen /, n. Chem., Pharm. 1. a white, bitter, slightly water soluble alkaloid, C20H24N2O2, having needlelike crystals, obtained from cinchona bark: used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of resistant… …
105Malaria — Classification and external resources Ring forms and gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum in human blood. ICD 10 B …
106Plasmodium falciparum — Blood smear of Plasmodium falciparum (gametocytes sexual forms) Scientific classification Domain …
107totaquine — [tō′tə kwēn΄, tō′təkwin; tō′təkēn΄, tō′təkin] n. 〚< ModL totaquina < LL totalis, TOTAL + Sp quina, cinchona bark (see QUININE): because it contains all the alkaloids of cinchona bark〛 a yellowish white to gray powder containing a mixture of… …
108quinic acid — l q.; the (−) isomer is an acid found in cinchona bark and elsewhere in plants; 5 dehydroquinic acid is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of l phenylalanine, l tyrosine, and l tryptophan from carbohydrate precursors; q. forms a γ lactone upon… …
109totaquine — [tō′tə kwēn΄, tō′təkwin; tō′təkēn΄, tō′təkin] n. [< ModL totaquina < LL totalis, TOTAL + Sp quina, cinchona bark (see QUININE): because it contains all the alkaloids of cinchona bark] a yellowish white to gray powder containing a mixture of …
110quinic acid — ˈkwi]nik , ˈkwī] noun Etymology: quinic from quin + ic 1. : a crystalline acid C6H7(OH)4COOH obtained from cinchona bark, coffee beans, and other plant products and synthetically by hydrolysis of chlorogenic acid; 1,3,4,5 tetrahydroxy cyclohexane …
