It can also be prepared by the hydrolysis of aspirin ( acetylsalicylic acid ) or methyl salicylate ( oil of wintergreen ) with a strong acid or base.
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Methyl salicylate, also known as " oil of wintergreen " ( because it's found in certain plants called wintergreens ) is the main ingredient in Ben Gay and other muscle liniments.
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"Betula lenta " was used commercially in the past for production of oil of wintergreen before modern industrial synthesis of the oil; the tree's name reflects the wintergreen scent of the shoots.
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There are also topical agents like methylsalicylate or capsaicin, a hot pepper derivative; menthol; oil of wintergreen; camphor; and eucalyptus oil that can mask arthritic pain, but only in the area where they are applied.
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Oil of wintergreen is also manufactured from some species of birch, but these deciduous trees are not called wintergreens . " Spiraea " plants also contain methyl salicylate in large amounts and are used similarly to wintergreen.
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Modern works are less inclined to generalize; rather than refer to " essential oils " as a class at all, they prefer to discuss specific compounds, such as methyl salicylate, rather than " oil of wintergreen ".
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The trunk and larger branches bear fissured grey bark ( darker brown in Queensland ), and peeling or bruising of it gives off a strong scent of liniment, which has been likened to oil of wintergreen methyl salicylate.
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Or how Liston, when he realized the trouble he was in, probably told his main cornerman to " juice the gloves " with " a liniment-like oil of wintergreen, or ferric chloride, which was used to seal cuts, " which blinded Ali throughout most of the sixth round, although he escaped being knocked out by groping for Liston with one glove and dancing away.
