pereirine

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• pereirine — /peuh rair een/, n. Chem. Pharm. an alkaloid, C19H24ON2, obtained from pereira bark and formerly used as a quinine substitute. [PEREIR(A BARK) + INE2] * * * …   Universalium

• pereirine — /peuh rair een/, n. Chem. Pharm. an alkaloid, C19H24ON2, obtained from pereira bark and formerly used as a quinine substitute. [PEREIR(A BARK) + INE2] …   Useful english dictionary

• pe|rei|rin — «puh RAIR ihn», noun. = pereirine. (Cf. ↑pereirine) …   Useful english dictionary

• pe|reir|a — bark, or pe|reir|a «puh RAIR uh», noun. 1. the bark of a South American tree of the dogbane family, used in medicine as a source of pereirine. 2. the tree itself. ╂[< Jonathan Pereira, 1804 1853, an English pharmacologist] …   Useful english dictionary

• pe|reir|a bark — pe|reir|a bark, or pe|reir|a «puh RAIR uh», noun. 1. the bark of a South American tree of the dogbane family, used in medicine as a source of pereirine. 2. the tree itself. ╂[< Jonathan Pereira, 1804 1853, an English pharmacologist] …   Useful english dictionary