What medication is the synthetic derivative of salicin, a compound originally found in the bark of willow trees?
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Aspirin
The active ingredient, salicylic acid, was used by ancient Greeks and Egyptians. Bayer synthesized a more stable version, acetylsalicylic acid, in the late 1890s.
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- What common medication is a synthetic derivative of salicin, a compound found in willow tree bark?