Other adverse effects include hypoglycemia, and renal failure. Contraindications May cause fetal harm and congenital malformations when administered to pregnant women, and is contraindicated in women who are or may become pregnant. Alkaloid obtained from the bark of the cinchona tree. Quinine sulfate occurs as fine, needle-like, white crystals that usually are lusterless and make a light and readily compressible mass, it has a persistant, very bitter taste. Slightly soluble in chloroform, either, but freely soluble in a mixture of 2 vols chloroform and 1 vol absolute alcohol.
Quinine sulfate darkens on exposure to light.
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