Sodium salicylate 54-21-7

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Physical and Chemical Properties:

Colorless crystal or crystal thin slice(scale)or white crystal powder,odorless or smelt sweet or salty slightly.Appears qualitative change when meets light,easily soluble in water,alcohol,and glycerin,soluble in one part of water and *1 part of alcohol.
Descriotion

Sodium salicylate is a sodium salt of salicylic acid. It can be prepared from sodium phenolate and carbon dioxide under higher temperature and pressure. Historically, it has been synthesized from methyl salicylate (found in wintergreen plants or the bark of sweet birch tree) by reacting it with an excess of sodium hydroxide and heating it under reflux.
 

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Uses

It is used in medicine as an analgesic and antipyretic. Sodium salicylate also acts as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), and induces apoptosis in cancer cells and also necrosis. It is also a potential replacement for aspirin for people sensitive to it. It may also be used as a phosphor for the detection of vacuum ulraviolet radiation and electrons.