Quassin

[f. QUASS-IA + -IN¹.] The bitter principle of quassia.

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1819. in J. G. Children, Chem. Anal., 288.

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1845. Penny Cycl., Suppl. I. 349/2. Quassin dissolves readily in alcohol and in æther.

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1876. Harley, Mat. Med. (ed. 6), 675. A neutral, odourless, crystallisable principle, termed quassin.

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Also Quassite, in same sense.

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1838. T. Thomson, Chem. Org. Bodies, 705. Quassite. This name has been given by Wiggers to the bitter principle of the quassia amara and excelsa.

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1842. Penny Cycl., XXII. 26/1. Its chief constituents are quassite, resin [etc.].

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