Filipendula ulmaria
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Filipendula ulmaria, commonly known as meadowsweet or mead wort, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Rosaceae that grows in damp meadows. It is native throughout most of Europe and Western A
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Wild meadowsweet in Wharfedale, near Conistone, North Yorkshire, England
Meadowsweet is the food plant for many species of moth caterpillars
Aspirin
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Aspirin is the genericized trademark for acetylsalicylic acid, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce pain, fever, and inflammation, and as an antithrombotic. Aspirin is used to treat in
Filipendula ulmaria
…salicylic acid from the buds of meadowsweet. Thereafter in 1899, scientists at the firm Bayer used salicylic acid derived from meadowsweet to synthesise acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin), which was named after the old botanical name for meadowsweet, Spiraea ulmaria. The name then became aspirin. A natural black dye can be…
Pure acetylsalicylic acid
1923 advertisement
Old package. "Export from Germany is prohibited"
In Canada and many other countries, "Aspirin" remains a trademark, so generic aspirin is sold as "ASA" (acetylsalicylic acid).