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Salicylic Acid
2-Hydroxybenzoic Acid | o-Hydroxybenzoic Acid | ortho-Hydroxybenzoic Acid | 2 Hydroxybenzoic Acid | Acid, 2-Hydroxybenzoic | Acid, Salicylic | Acid, o-Hydroxybenzoic | Acid, ortho-Hydroxybenzoic | o Hydroxybenzoic Acid | ortho Hydroxybenzoic Acid
A compound obtained from the bark of the white willow and wintergreen leaves, and also prepared synthetically. It has bacteriostatic, fungicidal, and keratolytic actions. Its salts, the salicylates, are used as analgesics. (From Dorland's, 28th ed) |
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