1) Bitter compound
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Quassin is a white bitter, crystalline substance extracted from the quassia tree. It is one of the most bitter substances found in nature with a bitter threshold of 0.08 ppm and it is 50 times more bitter than quinine. Quassin is used as a medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. Extracts of the Bitter tree (or bitter wood) (Quassia amara L. or P...
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• (n.) The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite.
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Quas'sin noun [ Confer French
quassine . See
Quassia .]
(Chemistry) The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called
quassite . [ Written also
quassīin , and
quassine .]
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