An ester, methyl salicylate, familiar as oil of wintergreen, is also a phenolic compound.
Originally salicylates (salts of salicylic acid) were obtained from the bark and leaves of willow and poplar trees; indeed ‘salicylate’ derives from the title of the willow genus, Salix.
Modern compositions use other unstable, albeit somewhat less hazardous, aromatic compounds such as gallic acid or the salts of aromatic acids including sodium salicylate and potassium benzoate.
The principal UVB absorbers are para-aminobenzoic acid derivatives, salicylates, cinnamates and camphor derivatives and microfine titanium dioxide.
Octyl salicylate is one of a class of sunscreen compounds called salicylates.
Definition of salicylate in US English:
salicylate
noun
Chemistry
A salt or ester of salicylic acid.
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Modern compositions use other unstable, albeit somewhat less hazardous, aromatic compounds such as gallic acid or the salts of aromatic acids including sodium salicylate and potassium benzoate.
Originally salicylates (salts of salicylic acid) were obtained from the bark and leaves of willow and poplar trees; indeed ‘salicylate’ derives from the title of the willow genus, Salix.
Octyl salicylate is one of a class of sunscreen compounds called salicylates.
The principal UVB absorbers are para-aminobenzoic acid derivatives, salicylates, cinnamates and camphor derivatives and microfine titanium dioxide.
An ester, methyl salicylate, familiar as oil of wintergreen, is also a phenolic compound.