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Salicylic Acid | | Also
Known As (other names): | |
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Salicylic Acid C7H6O3:
Salicylic Acid rarely occurs in plants. It is mostly the
glycosides like salicin that is found in plants.
Salicylic acid is a crystaline carboxylated phenol, Carboxylic acid and hydroxyl
group included in a benzene ring. It is toxic in large doses but in smaller
doses has many uses other than analgesic being a food preservative and important
component in skin care products for the treatment of acne, psoriases, dandruff
etc.
Salicylic acid must not be used by people that have an aspirin or salicytate
sensitivity. It should also not be used by people that tend to gastric
hemorrhage or suffer from low blood pressure.
Salicylic acid (in the form of Willow bark) has been used as an analgesic and
febrifuge for hundreds of years but was first extracted from meadowsweet in pure
form in 1938 and later synthesized by a German chemist (Kolbe) in 1860 (known as
Kolbe-Schmidt reaction). In 1899 the Bayer Company started manufacturing it
naming it Aspirin.
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Salicylic Acid constituent is present in: |
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Medicinally Significant
volume |
Minor volume
Salicylic Acid is present in small quantities which may
not be enough to be a significant dosage for medicinal purposes
or is not the major constituent of this plant/herb |
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Agrimony |
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