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Salol (phenyl salicylate) is a colourless crystalline substance obtained by the action of phenol on salicylic acid and employed in medicine externally as an antiseptic and internally as a mouth wash and as an intestinal and urinary disinfectant.
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Methyl salicylate (wintergreen oil) is the essential oil of Gaultheria procumbens. It is an oily liquid with a pleasant smell used as a flavouring and for the preparation of natural salicylic acid.
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Salicylic acid (ortho-hydroxy-benzoic-acid) is the active chemical constituent of aspirin. It is an aromatic acid obtained by treating with hydrochloric acid the salt obtained by the action of carbon dioxide on sodium carbonate. It occurs in nature principally as its methyl ester in the oil of wintergreen. It was formerly used as a preservative for foods and has long been used in medicine, though the dangers of excessive doses have been known since the 19th century.
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Salol, phenyl salicylate, is the pjenyl ester of salicylic acid. It forms easily fusible almost tastless crystals that are insoluble in water and have an antispetic action. Internally it decomposes into its components and was formerly used in the treatment of rheumatic fever and as an internal disinfectant.
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