On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:13:33 +0200, Gus S Calabrese <
gsc@...>
wrote:
> oil of wintergreen
Oleum Gaultheriae, Oil of Wintergreen. True Oil of Wintergreen; composed
of about 96 per cent of methyl salicylate
Methyl salicylate (chemical formula C6H4(HO)COOCH3; also known as
salicylic acid methyl ester, oil of wintergreen, betula oil, methyl ester)
is a natural product of many species of plants. Some of the plants
producing it are called wintergreens, hence the common name.
ST