salicin in English

noun
1
a bitter compound present in willow bark. It is a glucoside related to aspirin, and accounts for the ancient use of willow bark as a pain-relieving drug.
The willow bark contained salicin , the pharmacological ancestor of a family of drugs called salicylates, of which aspirin is probably the most famous.

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1. After a process of refinement, salicin produces salicylic acid, which is the base for aspirin, probably the world’s best-known pain reliever.

2. It is renowned to contain numerous secondary metabolite such as alkaloids (ipecac and benzopyridoquinolizidine), flavonoids, triterpenoids, saponins, tannins, phenolic resin glycosides, oil, Alangine, lamarckinine, salviifosides A-C, salicin, kaempferol, and …

3. It is known to contain various phyto-chemicals like alkaloids (ipecac and benzopyridoquinolizidine), flavonoids, triterpinoids, saponins, tannins, phenolic glycosides, volatile oil, Alangine, lamarckinine, salviifosides A-C, salicin, kaempferol, and kaempferol 3-O-b-D-glucopyranoside [6].

4. It is renowned to contain numerous secondary metabolite such as alkaloids (ipecac and benzopyridoquinolizidine), flavonoids, triterpenoids, saponins, tannins, phenolic resin glycosides, oil, Alangine, lamarckinine, salviifosides A-C, salicin, kaempferol, and kaempferol 3-O-b-D-glucopyranoside.