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Definition of Lupulin

1. n. A bitter principle extracted from hops.

Definition of Lupulin

1. Noun. (botany) Small hairs gotten from the strobili of the hop plant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lupulin

1. a medicinal powder obtained from the hop plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lupulin

1. 1. A bitter principle extracted from hops. 2. The fine yellow resinous powder found upon the strobiles or fruit of hops, and containing this bitter principle. Alternative forms: lupuline. Origin: Cf. F. Lupulin. See Lupuline. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Lupulin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"Dose, 2 cc, 30 minims, USP lupulin AND HOPS These act as bitters, ... lupulin contains a further, unknown, constituent which is insoluble in water and a ..."

2. A Universal formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering by Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1866)
"R. Tincture of lupulin, one part. Mix. Dose, half an ounce to an ounce. Fou. ... R. lupulin, one Digest, on a water-bath, for five or six hours and strain. ..."

3. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1900)
"lupulin is of a cellular tei- ture and somewhat transparent. ... lupulin has the odor and taste common to № hop; a gentle heat renders it tenacious; ..."

4. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1896)
"This lupulin is then weighed, shaken -with chloroform, and washed on to a dry filter ... Its weight is that of the lupulin husks, which, subtracted from the ..."

5. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"Owing to its resinous nature, it can not be mixed with aqueous preparations without the presence of some emulsifying medium. Robbins suggests that lupulin ..."

6. Concentrated organic medicines: Being a Practical Exposition of the by Grover Coe (1860)
"THE lupulin under consideration should not be confounded with that usually ... In the lupulin of which we propose to treat, we have not only the virtues of ..."

7. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1896)
"This lupulin is then weighed, shaken with chloroform, and washed on to a dry filter ... Its weight is that of the lupulin husks, which, subtracted from the ..."

8. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"130. (Fig. 111, a.) lupulinUM. lupulin. Moderately fine powder. lupulin ... lupulin should contain only a small amount of sand, vegetable tissue and insect ..."

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