Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
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.
