quinic acid

English

Alternative forms

• kinic acid

Etymology

From Spanish quina "cinchona bark" (from which it is obtained), from Quechua kina.

Noun

quinic acid (countable and uncountable, plural quinic acids)

1. (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

Derived terms

• quinate