quinicia

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quinicia (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) quinicine; quinotoxine
    • 1870, The Pharmacist and Chemical Record, volume 3, page 107:
      This residue, when dissolved in dilute sulphuric acid and water, and treated with Brande's chlorine and ammonia test, will indicate by its green coloration the presence of quinia, quinidia and quinicia.
    • 1881, American Journal of Pharmacy, volume 53, page 107:
      By saponification there is naturally formed from this compound neither quinia nor quinicia, but quinidia.