Quinone vs. Quinine

Quinonenoun

(organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.

Quinonenoun

A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone proper is the type.

Quinonenoun

any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes

Quinone

The quinones are a class of organic compounds that are formally a fully conjugated cyclic dione structurequinone" (thus the name of the class).

Quininenoun

(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂ derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona) used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it.

Quinineverb

To treat (someone) with quinine.

Quininenoun

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.

Quininenoun

a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy

Quinine

Quinine is a medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis. This includes the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum that is resistant to chloroquine when artesunate is not available.