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MeSH Heading: Salicylic Acid
Tree Number(s): D02.241.223.100.300.595.608; D02.241.511.390.595.608; D02.455.426.559.389.127.281.595.608; D02.455.426.559.389.657.410.595.608
Unique ID: D020156
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020156
Annotation: SALICYLIC ACIDS see SALICYLATES is also available
Scope Note: A compound obtained from the bark of the white willow and wintergreen leaves. It has bacteriostatic, fungicidal, and keratolytic actions.
Entry Term(s): 2-Hydroxybenzoic Acid; o-Hydroxybenzoic Acid; ortho-Hydroxybenzoic Acid
Pharm Action: Anti-Infective Agents
Antifungal Agents
Keratolytic Agents
Related Numbers: 69-72-7
Previous Indexing: Salicylic Acids (1981-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99; SALICYLIC ACID was indexed under SALICYLIC ACIDS 1981-98
History Note: 99; use SALICYLIC ACID (NM) 1981-98
Entry Combination: analogs & derivatives:Salicylates
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/11
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

Entry Combination: analogs & derivatives:Salicylates
Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0029886
Related Numbers: 69-72-7
Scope Note: A compound obtained from the bark of the white willow and wintergreen leaves. It has bacteriostatic, fungicidal, and keratolytic actions.
Terms: Salicylic Acid Preferred Term
Term UI T059952
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; 2-Hydroxybenzoic Acid
Term UI T059953
Date01/12/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; o-Hydroxybenzoic Acid
Term UI T059954
Date01/12/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999); ortho-Hydroxybenzoic Acid
Term UI T059955
Date01/12/1998
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1999)

Salicylic Acid MeSH Descriptor Data 2024