資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Quinine \Qui"nine\, n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or
quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf.
{Kinic}.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of
cinchona (esp. {Cinchona Calisaya}) as a bitter white
crystalline substance, {C20H24N2O2}. Hence, by extension
(Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate,
chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or
antiperiodic. Called also {quinia}, {quinina}, etc. [Written
also {chinine}.]
資料來源 : WordNet®
Cinchona calisaya
n : Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and
cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers;
cultivated for its medicinal bark [syn: {calisaya}, {Cinchona
officinalis}, {Cinchona ledgeriana}]