Concept information
Preferred term
Cinchona
Type
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Definition
- A genus of rubiaceous South American trees that yields the toxic CINCHONA ALKALOIDS from their bark; QUININE; QUINIDINE; chinconine, cinchonidine and others are used to treat MALARIA and CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS. The raw material from which QUININE was extracted.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- txid43462
- txid50278
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- anatomy & histology (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- cytology (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- embryology (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- growth & development (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- poisoning (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- toxicity (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Cinchona officinalis
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Quinquina
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txid43462
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txid50278
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-X4K8J8B0-K
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