quinic acid
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English
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Etymology
From Spanish quina "cinchona bark" (from which it is obtained), from Quechua kina.
Noun
quinic acid (countable and uncountable, plural quinic acids)
- (organic chemistry) A white crystalline acid, tetrahydroxy-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, obtained from cinchona bark, coffee beans and yerba mate; used as an astringent, and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals