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Definition of Bitter principle
1. Noun. Any one of several hundred compounds having a bitter taste; not admitting of chemical classification.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bitter Principle
Literary usage of Bitter principle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Chemistry by Thomas Thomson (1817)
"These are a combination of bitter principle and ammonia.f It combines likewise
... This itself may be considered as approaching the bitter principle in many ..."
2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1850)
"An excessively bitter principle (containing also an astringent, ... It is in this
bitter principle that the febrifuge properties reside which the Physicians ..."
3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1871)
"bitter principle OF СИГМА BICOLOR. — The bark is first treated with ether, and
afterwards exhausted with alcohol ; the tincture is evaporated ; and the ..."
4. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1833)
"... EXTRACTIVE MATTER, bitter principle, &c. Asparagin.—This principle was discovered
by Vauquelin and Robiquet in the juice of the asparagus, from which if ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1861)
"By Professor BC BRODIE, FRS On some Reactions of Zinc-Ethyl. By GB BUCKTON, FRS
Note on the Destruction of the bitter principle of ..."
6. The Elements of Chemistry by Thomas Thomson (1810)
"7. It soon putrefies when kept moist, becomes green ; but does not acquire any
resemblance to cheese. CHAP. XV. OF THE bitter principle. ..."
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