quinine

Example Sentences

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Certain toxic compounds, like quinine, taste "bitter" to bees, so the researchers sought to find out whether this sense of taste could help them avoid drinking pesticides.

From Science Daily

Carbonated water failed to do that but it did inspire the creation of medicated water, or tonic water infused with quinine from the bark of the cinchona tree.

From Salon

I used to have a prescription for quinine which would immediately end the cramps.

From Seattle Times

Haupt told him, "I had a fever in Mexico and had been taking quinine."

From Literature

In one test, $1.6 million was sent to Thailand, where a lab ended up giving accidental doses of quinine to primate test subjects, killing three of them.

From Washington Times