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Salicylic acid

certified reference material, TraceCERT®, Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

Synonym(s):

2-Hydroxybenzoic acid

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Linear Formula:
2-(HO)C6H4CO2H
CAS Number:
69-72-7
Molecular Weight:
138.12
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329757819
EC Number:
200-712-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
774890
MDL number:
MFCD00002439
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Quality Level

300

vapor density

4.8 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 114 °C)

product line

TraceCERT®

grade

certified reference material, TraceCERT®

manufacturer/tradename

Manufactured by: Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH, Switzerland

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

bp

211 °C (lit.)

mp

158-161 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care
pharmaceutical

format

neat

SMILES string

OC(=O)c1ccccc1O

InChI

1S/C7H6O3/c8-6-4-2-1-3-5(6)7(9)10/h1-4,8H,(H,9,10)

InChI key

YGSDEFSMJLZEOE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Salicylic acid is a commonly used keratolytic, which finds applications in breaking down keratin in the skin. It is also used to get rid of warts on the skin and this depends on the depth and size of the warts.
This certified reference material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034. This CRM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.
Certified content by quantitative NMR incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate.
Download your certificate at: http://www.sigma-aldrich.com.
This substance is listed on the positive list of the EU regulation 10/2011 for plastics intended to come into contact with food. Find all available reference materials for compounds listed in 10/2011 here

Application

Refer to the product′s Certificate of Analysis for more information on a suitable instrument technique. Contact Technical Service for further support.

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Other Notes

This compound is commonly found in plants of the genus: aloe carum cinnamomum melissa thymus

Legal Information

TraceCERT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Repr. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

314.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

157 °C - closed cup

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Applied Pharmacology (2011)
Dorothea Ellinger et al.
Plant physiology, 161(3), 1433-1444 (2013-01-22)
A common response by plants to fungal attack is deposition of callose, a (1,3)-β-glucan polymer, in the form of cell wall thickenings called papillae, at site of wall penetration. While it has been generally believed that the papillae provide a
Yunlong Du et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(19), 7946-7951 (2013-04-25)
Removal of cargos from the cell surface via endocytosis is an efficient mechanism to regulate activities of plasma membrane (PM)-resident proteins, such as receptors or transporters. Salicylic acid (SA) is an important plant hormone that is traditionally associated with pathogen
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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
556157-1G04061826724088
556157-5G04061833490471
52341-50MG04061834370611