In chemistry classes, aspirin is often used to demonstrate ester hydrolysis. Under basic conditions, it breaks apart into salicylic acid and acetate a reaction that illustrates key principles of ...

Scientists are reporting evidence that humans can make their own salicylic acid -- the material formed when aspirin breaks down in the body. Salicylic acid, which is responsible for aspirin's renowned ...

The pain-relieving effect of salicylic acid, now sold as Aspirin, has been known for thousands of years. Besides being a useful drug with numerous health applications, it is a stress hormone made by ...

Salicylates from plant sources have been used for centuries by different cultures to treat a variety of ailments such as inflammation, fever and pain. A chemical derivative of salicylic acid, aspirin, ...

Aspirin may be one of Western medicine’s strongest connections to ancient remedies. On this day in 1897, a German chemist named Felix Hoffman created a chemically pure and stable form of salicylic ...