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Definition of Methyl salicylate

1. Noun. A liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain.

Definition of Methyl salicylate

1. Noun. (chemistry) The methyl ester of salicylic acid and the principal constituent of oil of wintergreen ¹

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Medical Definition of Methyl salicylate

1. Aromatic methyl ester of salicylic acid, produced synthetically or distilled from Gaultheria procumbens (family Ericaceae) or from Betula lenta (family Betulaceae). Used as a component of liniments, used externally and internally for the treatment of various forms of rheumatismit produces heat when rubbed into the skin (counterirritant). Synonym: checkerberry oil, gaultheria oil, sweet birch oil, wintergreen oil. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Methyl salicylate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"methyl salicylate II.1—SOLUBILITY IN WATER AT 30° By II. D. GIBBS. (From the Laboratory for the Investigation of Foods and Drugs, Bureau of Science, Manila, ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1902)
"HALLBERG : I favor the retention of methyl salicylate in the ... KREMERS: Shall artificial methyl salicylate be retained in the Pharmacopoeia ? ..."

3. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"methyl salicylate This acts somewhat more slowly, but otherwise as efficiently as ... Fatal poisoning by methyl salicylate is rare but has been reported ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"(1458) methyl salicylate ; Oil of Winter-green, ... The flowers of the Gaultheria procumbens furnish an essence consisting chiefly of methyl salicylate, ..."

5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"It is hydrolysed by mineral acids, baryta, and by water when heated to 130°-140e, giving a sugar and methyl salicylate ..."

6. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1910)
"In addition to the foregoing natural sources, methyl salicylate is now manufactured synthetically on a considerable scale, by distilling 2 parts of ..."

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