Summarized the principles

classification and application of bitterness suppressants by consulting the chinese and foreign literatures in recent two decades

and summarized the characteristics and applications of several important bitterness suppressants.According to the different principles

bitterness suppressants can be divided into natural bitterness suppressants

bitter blockers

taste buds paralytic agent

taste enhancer agent

cooling agent and warming agent and etc.bitterness suppressants will play an increasingly important role in the drug taste masking.Natural bitterness suppressants will be the focus of the bitter taste masking in the future

accompanied by the development and application of the bitterness suppressants

realize medicine is no longer bitter just around the corner.