Aspirin


Andrew Donehoo
January 15, 1997

Aspirin is a white crystalline substance made of carbon, hydrogen, and
oxygen. It is used in the treatment of rheumatic fever, headaches, neuralgia,
colds, and arthritis; reduce temperature and pain. The formula for aspirin is
CH3CO2C6H4CO2H. Aspirin's scientific name is actylsalicylic acid (ASA). The
main ingredient in ASA is salicylic acid. This ingredient grows in small roots,
leaves, flowers and fruits on plants.
About 100 years ago, a German chemist, Felix Hoffmann, set out to find a
drug that would ease his father's arthritis without causing severe stomach
irritation that came from sodium salicylate, the standard anti-arthritis
treatment of the time. Hoffmann figured that the acidity of the salicylate made
it hard on the stomach's lining. He began looking for a less acidic formulation.
His search led him to the synthesization of acetylsalicylic acid. The compound
shared the therapeutic......

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