Salicin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A bitter glucoside, C13H18O7, obtained mainly from the bark of poplar and willow trees and formerly used as an analgesic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A glucoside derivative of salicylic acid; the active principle of willow bark, once used medicinally.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A neutral crystalline glucoside (C13H18O7), of a bitter taste.
  • Word Usage
    "Add boswellia aka frankincense at 1,000 mg a day and willow bark so you get 120 to 240 mg of the active component called salicin, which is also, by the way, the active component of aspirin—we like the aspirin itself."
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