What is "picromel"

Picromel \Pic"ro*mel\, n. [Gr. ? bitter + ? honey: cf. F. picromel.] (Old Chem.) A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste.

Note: It was formerly supposed to be the essential principle of the bile, but is now known to be a mixture, principally of salts of glycocholic and taurocholic acids.

n. (context chemistry obsolete English) A colourless viscous substance having a bittersweet taste, formerly supposed to be the essential principle of bile, but later identified as a mixture, principally of salts of glycocholic acid and taurocholic acid.