QUININE HEMISULFATE SALT MONOHYDRATE

Uses

Primary alkaloid of various species of Cinchona (Rubiaceae). Optical isomer of Quinidine. Antimalarial; muscle relaxant (skeletal).

Uses

ntimalarial.

Uses

Quinine hemisulfate salt monohydrate has been used as a stimuli to evaluate its influence on sensory and cognitive factors.

brand name

Coco-Quinine (Lilly).

Biochem/physiol Actions

Potassium channel blocker. Antimalarial, anticholinergic, antihypertensive, and hypoglycemic agent; alkaloid originally isolated from the Cinchona family of South American trees. Inhibits mitochondrial ATP-regulated potassium channel. Used to study the metabolism of biocrystalized heme, hemozoin, in malarial parasites and to study the toxicity of heme (FP)-complexes.