cinchon-
(sɪŋkɒn)
in names of alkaloids derived from cinchona. Cf. cinchonamine, cinchonine, etc.,
| 1879 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXXVI. 169 Cinchonichine. 1888 Ibid. LIV. 380 Cinchonibine is insoluble in ether but crystallises from boiling alcohol in prismatic needles. Ibid., Cinchonifine is insoluble in ether. 1893 Thorpe Dict. Applied Chem. III. 914/1 Cinchonibine C19H22N2O is one of ten bases formed when cinchonine sulphate is heated with sulphuric acid. 1966 G. E. Trease Text-bk. Pharmacognosy (ed. 9) xxxiii. 624 A large number of alkaloids of lesser importance have been isolated [from cinchona bark]. Some of these, e.g. quinicine and cinchonicine, are amorphous. |