quassin
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Quassin is a white, bitter, crystalline substance that is the prototypical example of the family of quassinoids. It can be extracted from the quassia tree, from which it gets its name. It was first isolated in 1937, and its chemical structure was elucidated in 1961.
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- Mass
- 388.189
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- chemical formula
- C₂₂H₂₈O₆
- isomeric SMILES
- C[C@@H]1C=C(C(=O)[C@]2([C@H]1C[C@@H]3[C@@]4([C@@H]2C(=O)C(=C([C@@H]4CC(=O)O3)C)OC)C)C)OC
- canonical SMILES
- CC1C=C(C(=O)C2(C1CC3C4(C2C(=O)C(=C(C4CC(=O)O3)C)OC)C)C)OC
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Quassin is a white, bitter, crystalline substance that is the prototypical example of the family of quassinoids. It can be extracted from the quassia tree, from which it gets its name. It was first isolated in 1937, and its chemical structure was elucidated in 1961.
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.
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