Strong Willow Bark Brew

Authors

  • Michal Jurášek Department of Chemistry of Natural Substances, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5069-9716
  • Lubomír Opletal Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3874-3729
  • Pavel Drašar Department of Chemistry of Natural Substances, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-7007

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54779/chl20240202

Keywords:

history, aspirin, acylpyrin, acetylsalicylic acid, salicin, E. Stone, P.-J. Leroux, J. A. Buchner, R. Piria, C. F. Gerhardt, A. E. Eichengrün, F. Hoffman, H. Dresher, J. R. Vane

Abstract

The story of aspirin is exciting and complicated. We tried to decipher the role of the main characters, as well as a wide field of pharmacological roles of acetylsalicylic acid, a super-drug, which would not be approved by responsible institutions today but which is still one of the most used medicines on the Earth, as well as in the space (it was used by the astronauts in the Apollo project). Original literature sources were used as much as possible to clean up some misinformation around the topic. The authors are aware that Aspirin is a trademarked name but it has become "popular" in common human speech.

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Published

2024-04-15

How to Cite

Jurášek, M., Opletal, L., & Drašar, P. (2024). Strong Willow Bark Brew. Chemické Listy, 118(4), 202–210. https://doi.org/10.54779/chl20240202

Issue

Vol. 118 No. 4 (2024)

Section

Articles