Wintergreen oil
Chinese name: 冬青油
CAS number: 68917-75-9
Origin of raw materials: Guangxi, Yunnan
Extraction process: Distillation/Synthesis
Main ingredient: Methyl Salicylate
Form: Oil
Color: Colorless to light yellow liquid
Background:
Methyl salicylate (oil of wintergreen or wintergreen oil) is an organic ester naturally produced by many species of plants, particularly wintergreens. The compound was first extracted and isolated from plant species Gaultheria procumbens in 1843. It can be manufactured synthetically and it used as a fragrance, in foods, beverages, and liniments. It forms a colorless to yellow or reddish liquid and exhibits a characteristic odor and taste of wintergreen. For acute joint and muscular pain, methyl salicylate is used as a rubefacient and analgesic in deep heating liniments. It is used as a flavoring agent in chewing gums and mints in small concentrations and added as antiseptic in mouthwash solutions.
Synonyms:
- 2-(Methoxycarbonyl)phenol
- 2-Carbomethoxyphenol
- Betula oil
- Gaultheria oil
- Methyl 2-hydroxybenzoate
- Methyl o-hydroxybenzoate
- Methyl salicylate
- Natural wintergreen oil
- Oil of wintergreen
- Spicewood Oil
- Sweet birch oil
- Teaberry oil
- Wintergreen leaf oil
