Acetylsalicylic is readily available in Aspirin tablets. Chemically, it is a useful molecule. It can be converted to salicylic acid and then phenol, which is an extremely useful precursor.

In recent years the production of just one of the salicylates — acetylsalicylic acid — in the United States has been greater than that of any other medicinal drug intended for internal use ...

It is now commercially biosynthesized from phenylalanine. Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin), a prodrug to salicylic acid, is made by an entirely different process. Curiously, salicylic acid is also a ...

2–5 However, none of these reports included observations on a concurrent parallel group of patients treated with acetylsalicylic acid ... and antistreptolysin-O titer on admission and at ...

Warfarin, aspirin, or both after myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 2002;347(13): 969-74. Background: Acetylsalicylic acid's (ASA, or aspirin) effect as a platelet- inhibiting agent has made it the ...

In a recent review published in Nutrients, researchers discussed 45 drug-nutrient interactions (DNIs) that modify micro-nutritional status, particularly focusing on how acetylsalicylic acid (ASA ...

Introduction. Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) due to its antiplatelet action is used in ischemic stroke therapy. The platelet response to ASA shows an interindividual variation. Decreased platelet ...

Hoffman looked for a solution and found one by altering the acid’s structure. He did this through a process known as acetylation–in the end, acetylsalicylic acid didn’t irritate digestion ...

There are important problems with a recent Canadian guideline, published in CMAJ,1 that recommended prescribing acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) only to patients with symptomatic vascular disease. In ...