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Quinine

LC control no.sh 85109880
LC classificationRC159.Q8 Malaria chemotherapy
RM666.C53 Therapeutics
Topical headingQuinine
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See alsoAnalgesics
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Antimalarials
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Cinchona alkaloids
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Muscle relaxants
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Quinoline
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Found inMESH (Quinine: an alkaloid derived from the bark of the cinchona trees. It is used as an altimalarial drug and is the active ingredients in extracts of the cinchona that have been used for that purpose since before 1633. Quinine is also a mild antipyretic and analgeis and has been used in common cold preparations for that purpose. Pharm. action: Analgesics, Non-Narcotic, Antimalarials, Muscle Relaxants, Central)