quinine - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • take: A significant reduction in the number of nights free of cramps in people taking quinine.
  • contain: It would appear that a famous brand of tonic water contains quinine.
  • use: The doses of quinine used were 200 mg - 300 mg daily, usually taken in the evening or at bedtime.
  • make: For example, it would be a great social benefit if someone were able to make synthetic quinine in the laboratory.
  • have: Godfrey has no quinine, so he gives Jones a bottle of tonic wine.
  • extract: Once discovered, methods were developed to extract the quinine from the natural bark to sell as a antimalarial drug.

Preposition: for

  • malaria: The recommended daily dose of quinine for malaria is 600 mg, three times daily, for up to a week.
  • treatment: Artesunate is more effective than quinine for treatment of severe malaria, a large clinical trial in Asia reveals.

Adjective modifier

  • natural: However, these strains are not resistant to natural quinine.
  • synthetic: For example, it would be a great social benefit if someone were able to make synthetic quinine in the laboratory.

Modifies a noun

  • sulfate: Years ago my dad was prescribed quinine sulfate for Ekbom Syndrome.
  • factory: Beneath the spots a progress report a quinine factory.
  • tablet: Also, quinine tablets are apparently good for relieving ( night ) cramps.
  • alkaloid: In 1944 scientists were able to synthesize the quinine alkaloid in the laboratory.
  • substitute: Diarmuid Jeffreys Aspirin: the Story of a Wonder Drug The story of aspirin from quinine substitute to heart medicine.
  • injection: A campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of intra-muscular quinine injections and to provide information about the club foot was carried out.

Noun used with modifier

  • drug: In many English colonies, gin was used with the bitter-tasting malaria drug quinine, to make the drug more palatable.

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