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cinchona
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cin·cho·na
/ singˈkōnə; sinˈchōnə/
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an evergreen South American tree or shrub (genus Cinchona) of the bedstraw family.
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(also cinchona bark)
the bark of this tree, a source of quinine.
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a drug made from this bark.
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Research and Markets: Essential Reading on This Hot Topic - Cinchona Alkaloids in Synthesis and Catalysis - Ligands, Immobilization and Organocatalysis.
Business Wire; 9/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...researchandmarkets.com/research/c311b5/cinchona_alkaloids) has announced the addition...John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Cinchona Alkaloids in Synthesis and Catalysis...offering. This comprehensive review of cinchona-based chiralilty inducers and their...
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Liquid chromatographic analysis of Cinchona alkaloids in beverages.(FOOD COMPOSITION AND ADDITIVES)(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of AOAC International; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; A method for the determination of Cinchona extract (whose main components are the alkaloids...with water followed by 15% methanol, and the Cinchona alkaloids were eluted with methanol. The Cinchona alkaloids in the eluate were chromatographed...
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Research and Markets Adds Report: Cinchona Alkaloids in Synthesis and Catalysis.(Report)
Magazine article from: Health & Beauty Close-Up; 9/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Cinchona Alkaloids in Synthesis and Catalysis...include: This comprehensive review of cinchona-based chiralilty inducers and their...carefully selected working procedures of cinchona alkaloid-promoted reactions organized...
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Essential Reading on this Hot Topic - Cinchona Alkaloids in Synthesis and Catalysis: Ligands, Immobilization and Organocatalysis.
M2 Presswire; 9/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...Essential Reading on this Hot Topic - Cinchona Alkaloids in Synthesis and Catalysis...researchandmarkets.com/research/d28ab6/cinchona_alkaloids) has announced the addition...John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Cinchona Alkaloids in Synthesis and Catalysis...
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Essential Reading on This Hot Topic - Cinchona Alkaloids in Synthesis and Catalysis - Ligands, Immobilization and Organocatalysis.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 10/7/2009; 700+ words
; ...researchandmarkets.com/research/c311b5/cinchona_alkaloids) has announced the addition...John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Cinchona Alkaloids in Synthesis and Catalysis...Markets). This comprehensive review of cinchona-based chiralilty inducers and their...
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BIRTH PAINS FOR CINCHONA GARDENS
Newspaper article from: The Weekly Gleaner; 3/15/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...and enter Halls Delight on our way to Cinchona Gardens in the Blue Mountains. In Halls...sharp elevations. At the entrance to Cinchona Gardens he abandons us altogether and...will say it as simply as it deserves. Cinchona is lovely. Ancient and simply arresting...
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There's a place of quiet beauty in Jamaica's Blue Mountains; Aromatic: Cinchona Gardens has it all
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 8/4/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...accessible area may seem rather impractical, but Cinchona was originally devised for the utilitarian purpose of growing cinchona trees, the sources of quinine, an extract used to fight malaria. Cinchona can only be grown in tropical highlands. In...
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Patent No. 7,531,662 Issued on May 12, Assigned to Brandeis University for Cinchona-Alkaloid-Based Catalyst (Massachusetts Inventors)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/4/2009; 360 words
; ...of Waltham, Mass., have developed cinchona-alkaloid-based catalysts. The inventors...aspect of the present invention relates to cinchona-alkaloid-based catalysts. A second...to a method of preparing a derivatized cinchona alkaloid catalyst by reacting a cinchona...
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Cinchona hunter. (forest history)
Magazine article from: American Forests; 5/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...had been traveling in the high Andes of Colombia in search of cinchona trees, then the only source of quinine. Remote homesteads...my sumpters. Editor Erle Kauffman published my account, "Cinchona Hunter," in the February 1945 issue and hired me as an editorial...
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Jamaica's secret garden Though money has ebbed, botanic jewel remains an exquisite attraction
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/4/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Paramount among these is a trip to Cinchona Gardens, a botanic garden set high in...Though currently suffering from neglect, Cinchona remains one of Jamaica's most exquisite...area may seem rather impractical, but Cinchona was originally devised for the utilitarian...
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cinchona
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cinchona or chinchona , name for species of the genus Cinchona, evergreen trees of the madder family native to the...Jesuit missionaries, who brought the bark to Europe. Cinchona is sometimes called Jesuits' bark because of the part...
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Cinchona
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Cinchona (family Rubiaceae ) A genus of trees, several species of which were formerly widely cultivated for quinine and related drugs, contained in the bark. There are 40 species, native to the Andes.
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Quinine
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...from the bark of several species of the cinchona tree. Until the development of synthetic...over 100 million people a year. The cinchona tree is native to the eastern slopes...India, and some areas in Africa. The cinchona tree contains more than 20 alkaloids...
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Synthesis, Chemical
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Jesuit priests that the bark from the cinchona or quinaquina tree could be used to cure malaria. The cinchona tree is an evergreen tree that grows...responsible for the healing properties of the cinchona bark was isolated in 1820 and named quinine...
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Alkaloid
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...derived from the bark of the tropical Cinchona tree. Indians of South America have long used Cinchona bark to reduce fever, much as willow bark...early as 1820, and soon it replaced crude cinchona bark as the standard treatment for malaria...
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