It is thought that the people of our hero have passed on their knowledge of extraction of a chemical known as quinine from quina-quina to missionaries.
Sucrose content in fruits had positive correlation with sorbitol.There were significant positive correlations between malate and citrate, and between quinate and shikimate in fruits.
Fluorescence spectra of 5-sulfosalicyclic acid (SSA) were studied.Using quinine bisulphate as a reference, fluorescence quantum yield of SSA was measured.
In 1856, 18-year old English chemist William Henry Perkin accidentally created a synthetic purple compound while attempting to synthesize quinine an anti-malaria drug.
1856 年,英国一位 18 岁的化学家 William Henry Perkin 在合成奎宁和抗疟疾药时,意外制造出一种紫色复合物。
I put quinine on Maybelle's thumb and let me tell you, Captain Butler, she stopped sucking that thumb mighty quick" . " Quinine! I would never have thought of it! I can't thank you enough, Mrs. Merriwether.
So I might have been tipsy or merry, up until the sixth gin and tonic, and then it was that sixth one that tipped me over the edge and made me downright crazy.
Well, the women of academia don't seem to display any great taste in their selection of watering hall either, what do you think female arts students said their favorite drink was, gin and tonic wine?
Consumer tastes remain fickle: following the gin-and-tonic boom, there is now talk of the non-alcoholic spirits explosion, the dawn of tequila and soda, the emerging craft rum supremacy.