English- translations for quinic acid

Definition of quinic acid

• A white crystalline acid, ''tetrahydroxy-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid'', obtained from cinchona bark and coffee beans; used as an astringent, and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals

Related words

• quinine
• quinic
• quinidine
• Aquinian
• quinicine
• quininization
• quinio
• quinion
• hydroquinine