Here is the question :
WHAT COMMON PLANT CAN BE USED TO MAKE ASPIRIN?
Here is the option for the question :
- Willow tree
- Rose bush
- Dandelion
- Sunflower
The Answer:
And, the answer for the the question is :
Explanation:
[STC0015155]. Aspirin’s active component is acetylsalicylic acid, which bears a striking resemblance to salicylic acid, a substance that has a history of being employed as a pain reliever dating back millennia. There are several plants that are rich in salicylic acid, but the willow tree is the one that likely gets the most use by humans as a pain reliever. An Egyptian papyrus book that was written approximately 1500 BCE contains what is thought to be the first reference of willow bark as a medical treatment. Willow bark was also widely utilized in ancient Greek, Roman, and Arab societies. An Englishman by the name of Edward Stone discovered in the 1700s that willow bark might be used to cure the symptoms of malaria, and in the 1820s, scientists successfully isolated salicin crystals from willow bark. Natural ‘aspirin’ derived from willow tree bark may be rough on the digestive system, among other issues, thus numerous investigations and experiments were conducted after this to figure out how to make synthetic variations of salicin that were cheaper to produce and yielded less unpleasant side effects. In 1899, a medicine that would later be given the name “aspirin” was introduced after a number of significant scientific advances (as well as a number of disputes regarding who should receive credit for what).