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  2. Quinine - Wikipedia

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    Use can make one more prone to sunburn. [5] While it is unclear if use during pregnancy carries potential for fetal harm, treating malaria during pregnancy with quinine when appropriate is still recommended. [5] Quinine is an alkaloid, a naturally occurring chemical compound. [5] How it works as a medicine is not entirely clear. [5]

  3. Tonic water - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) limits the quinine content in tonic water to 83 ppm [8] (83 mg per liter), while the daily therapeutic dose of quinine is in the range of 500–1000 mg, [9] and 10 mg/kg every eight hours for effective malaria prevention (2,100 mg daily for a 70-kilogram (150 lb) adult). [10]

  4. Quinoline alkaloids - Wikipedia

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    Among the quinoline alkaloids are the cinchona alkaloids quinine and quinidine, which are important due to their therapeutic potential, furthermore cinchonine and cinchonidine, as well as some furoquinoline alkaloids and acridine alkaloids.

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    Why does turkey make you sleepy? Many people do get very drowsy after consuming a huge Thanksgiving meal. The average dinner can contain 3,000 calories, according to the Calorie Control Council.

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  7. The Real Reason Why Turkey Makes You So Sleepy - AOL

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    Turkey at Thanksgiving dinner doesn’t inherently make you sleepy. Other factors like alcohol, carb-heavy side dishes, and large portion sizes are more likely the culprit behind feeling tired ...

  8. Cinchonism - Wikipedia

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    Cinchonism is a pathological condition caused by an overdose of quinine or its natural source, cinchona bark. Quinine and its derivatives are used medically to treat malaria and lupus erythematosus. In much smaller amounts, quinine is an ingredient of tonic drinks, acting as a bittering agent. Cinchonism can occur from therapeutic doses of ...

  9. Metamizole - Wikipedia

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    [1] [43] In the 1880s, Knorr was trying to make quinine derivatives from phenylhydrazine, and instead made a pyrazole derivative, which after a methylation, he made into phenazone, also called antipyrine, which has been called "the 'mother' of all modern antipyretic analgesics."