Salicylic acid

What Are Salicylates? Salicylates (‘sal issa lates’) are naturally-occurring phytochemicals contained within a multitude of plants, including fruits, vegetables, and herbs. These chemicals act as immune hormones and preservatives, protecting plants against diseases, insects, and fungi. Why Are Salicylates Bad? Salicylates really aren’t “bad” or “good”. They protect growing plants, and that’s what allows us to enjoy them. If your gut is healthy, and your immune system is strong, these chemicals

EXPERIMENT 2- ANALYSIS OF ASPIRIN MATTHEW SKILTON DUE MONDAY FEBRUARY 13TH 2012 TA- ANA GARGAUN ABSTRACT In this experiment the concentration of acetyl salicylic acid (ASA) in an aspirin tablet will be determined. This can be done by dissolving a tablet in a strong base, NaOH, and titration it with a strong acid, HCl. The quantity was found to be about 75.5% of the weight of the tablet, or about 318 mg per tablet. This value tells the pharmaceutical companies how much to state the recommended

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It is a salicylate, which means that it has a base of salicylic acid, a naturally occurring substance found in a variety of plants. Aspirin is used to treat pain and reduce fever and inflammation. Under a doctor’s supervision, it can also be used to treat or prevent heart attacks, strokes, and chest pain. Aspirin

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PURPOSE: (Why are you doing this experiment?) This experiment consisted of two parts. The first part will involve preparing a salicylate calibration curve using a series of known salicylate standards. The second part determined the salicylate concentration in two blood serum samples using the calibration curve created in the first part of the experiment. The purpose of the experiment was to find out which sample could be considered a person who had an overdose of aspirin. THEORY: Discuss the

drug. It is commonly used to reduce fever, relieve mild to moderate pain caused by muscle aches, toothaches, common cold, and headaches. Enterically coated aspirin can also be used to reduce pain and/or swelling caused by arthritis or as a blood thinner to prevent blood clots from forming. Consumers of enterically coated aspirin are advised to take a full glass of water with the medication. Users should not lie down for 10 minutes after taking medicine. Users experience things such as slurred speech

ETYMOLOGY OF ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA A. paniculata is a large genus of herbs found in the Indo-Malaya, Africa, Brazil and also the central of America Northward into Mexico (Alagesaboopathi, 2000). It is an annual plant which grows to the height of 1 – 3 ft. It is one of the most widespread plants used in the Unani and Ayurvedic traditional medicines. It is an erect and branched plant with lanceolate green leaves (Rammohan, 2009) 2.2. DISTRIBUTION OF ANDROGRAPHIS PLANT A. paniculata consists of 28

used as antipyretic, analgesics, and anti-inflammatory products. Variety of prescriptions and over-the-counter preparations contain salicylates, therefore chronic dosing which can cause toxicity is a common emergency problem. Salicylates are weak acids and well absorbed from the stomach and small intestine. Peak plasma salicylate levels occur in 15 to 20 minutes after ingestion of therapeutic doses, whereas with overdose peak serum salicylate concentrations are delayed and achieved after 4 to 6 hours

Excedrin to learn and apply the techniques of acid-base extraction and Thin Layer Chromatography. Utilizing these techniques, we were able to separate the three components of Excedrin, confirm their identities, and check the purity of our products. The theory behind the acid-base extraction we conducted is to use the acidity level of each of the components of Excedrin to separate them without using the common separation method of temperature changes. Acid-base extraction is used to isolate compounds