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Quinine

Quinine is a chemical with anti-inflammatory properties that is used to treat headaches and malaria. It is a common ingredient in tonic water due to its bitter taste.

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What disease from Africa killed many europeans before quinine?

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That would be Malaria, in French it literally means 'bad air'. At the time, gases or bad elements in the air were thought to be the source of the incurable disease. Now we know that mosquitoes carry it. I know malaria from an unfortunately intimate point of view: I caught a strain of it in Mozambique in 1988, and nearly died. The disease is a major killer in the sub-Saharan countries of Africa. It's difficult to develop a vaccine because there are several known strains of malaria, among other reasons. Good question! Red Willow

What is in tonic water quinine?

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It is a weak base, not an acid. No wonder its excretion is improved by acidification of urine

What is a source of quinine?

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Who was it that pioneered the use of laudanum and quinine?

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paracelsus introduced laudanum

Why sulfuric acid is used in the estimation of quinine sulfate by florimetry?

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The fluorescence of quinine is stronger in sulfuric acid solutions.

Can you purchase straight quinine water?

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You can get tonic water with quinine in it at the grocery store usually with

the drink mixers. I use it for leg cramps.

Answer:The brand Schwepps contains quinine, and is available in the US and Europe.

You can get it from Walgreens or Walmart. You can find couple of brands selling Quinine water/tonic water. It provides quick relief for muscle cramps

Does quinine affect diabetes?

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yes

How much quinine in shwepers tonic water?

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Not much. The FDA limits it to 83mg per liter. You can also get quinine by prescription if you need more.

How many moles of nitrogen are in 4.0 times 10 with the power of 2 of quinine?

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The clarity of this question is not clear. I will assume grams and possibly moles as that number does not look like a number of atoms. Grams first, then moles.

4.0 X 102 grams quinine (1 moleC20H2N2O2/302.236 grams)(2 moles N/1 mole C20H2N2O2)

= 2.6 moles nitrogen

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Pretty much the same procedure if you meant moles just no dividing out a mass.

Can quinine water or tonic water cause headaches?

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I have stopped drinking alcohol for over 20 months (wasn't a regular drinker previously) but I have to go into pubs for meals, etc.. So for the last 20 months I drink tonic water with my pub meal. However, I find that EVERY time I drink 2 or more tonic waters I get a headache akin to a hangover (main reason I stopped alcohol) the next day. I definitely think there is a connection as it happens EVERY time and I would like an explanation.

Does Canada dry tonic water have real quinine?

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Yes if you hold a black light by it it will glow only real quinine does that

Can antibiotics affect the use of quinine?

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No quinine is more for malaria. It is an anti-protozoal. Mixing antibiotics with quinine is not the best idea. It increases antibiotics side effects.

If you are allergic to quinine can you take hydroxychloroquine for lupus?

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can you take hydroxychloroquine and antihistamine

Could quinine in tonic water any effects on medication?

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Yeah, you can. Some people have a bad reaction to the quinine in tonic water, but this is rare and if you were one of the people who had a reaction to it, it would affect you whether coumadin was involved or not.

How quinine is produce?

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What is the boiling point of quinine?

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As you can find easily, the pH of quinine water is very acidic, around 2.0 Ideally to resist cancer and other viral based illnesses you want a body pH close to 8 (alkaline) in which they can't replicated.

The syntetic quinines have not been tested against CoVid-19 as of this writing.

I take quinine sulfate for nocturnal muscle cramps. I had tried all the pharmaeuticals thrown at me, consulted an NY specialist, who asked, why are you not taking quinine.

Well, tonic water at that time had 86 mg of quinine. You either get the sugar, or the offensive artificial sweetener--not good choices.

China controls the forests that have the bark, from the inside of which comes quinine.

Perhaps quinine has an effect on viral infections. However, syntetic quinine is inexpensive, and you can be reasonably sure the hydroxyquinolone will not be, I suspect.