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S2679

Sigma-Aldrich

Sodium salicylate

98.0-102.0% anhydrous basis, meets USP testing specifications

Synonym(s):

2-Hydroxybenzoic acid sodium salt, Salicylic acid sodium salt, Sodium 2-hydroxybenzoate

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Linear Formula:
HOC6H4COONa
CAS Number:
54-21-7
Molecular Weight:
160.10
Beilstein:
3732792
EC Number:
200-198-0
MDL number:
MFCD00002440
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
PubChem Substance ID:
24899533
NACRES:
NA.21

Agency

USP reference standard
USP/NF
meets USP testing specifications

Quality Level

200

Assay

98.0-102.0% anhydrous basis

form

crystalline

impurities

≤0.2% Organic impurities (USP)
<0.5% water (Karl Fischer)

color

white

useful pH range

6.85 (26.3 °C)

mp

>300 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: 575.7 g/L at 25 °C (77 °F)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

SMILES string

[Na+].Oc1ccccc1C([O-])=O

InChI

1S/C7H6O3.Na/c8-6-4-2-1-3-5(6)7(9)10;/h1-4,8H,(H,9,10);/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

ABBQHOQBGMUPJH-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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Application


  • Indophenol Blue Colorimetric Method to Determine Grain Protein Content of Cereal Plants.: Sodium salicylate is utilized in a colorimetric method to measure protein content in grains, underlining its importance in agricultural sciences and food quality assessment (Huang C et al., 2024).

  • Correlation Analysis Between Echinocytosis Stages and Blood Viscosity During Oxygenator Perfusion: An In Vitro Study.: Research employing sodium salicylate to investigate its effects on blood cell morphology and viscosity during medical perfusion processes, crucial for improving clinical outcomes in treatments involving blood handling (Okahara S et al., 2024).

Pictograms

Health hazardExclamation mark
GHS08,GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H302,H319,H361d

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Repr. 2

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

208.9 °F - Pensky-Martens closed cup

Flash Point(C)

98.3 °C - Pensky-Martens closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Hsiao-Chuan Liu et al.
Biomedical optics express, 11(7), 3795-3817 (2020-10-06)
The variations of mechanical properties in soft tissues are biomarkers used for clinical diagnosis and disease monitoring. Optical coherence elastography (OCE) has been extensively developed to investigate mechanical properties of various biological tissues. These methods are generally based on time-domain
Kui Wang et al.
Journal of medicinal chemistry, 52(20), 6402-6412 (2009-10-16)
Viologens are showing an increasing number of scientific and technical applications in addition to their use as herbicides. However, their high toxicity poses considerable risks to human health, society, and the environment. In this context, we propose a new therapeutic
Jos J Eggermont
Hearing research, 295, 140-149 (2012-02-15)
Animal models of tinnitus require a behavioral correlate thereof. Various conditioned response methods and gap-startle reflex methods are in use and the outcomes generally correspond with putative electrophysiological substrates of tinnitus. However, for salicylate-induced tinnitus there is discordance between the
Yan-Yan Su et al.
PloS one, 7(10), e46969-e46969 (2012-10-17)
Sodium salicylate (NaSal), an aspirin metabolite, can cause tinnitus in animals and human subjects. To explore neural mechanisms underlying salicylate-induced tinnitus, we examined effects of NaSal on neural activities of the medial geniculate body (MGB), an auditory thalamic nucleus that
Guang-Di Chen et al.
Hearing research, 295, 100-113 (2012-12-04)
High doses of sodium salicylate (SS) have long been known to induce temporary hearing loss and tinnitus, effects attributed to cochlear dysfunction. However, our recent publications reviewed here show that SS can induce profound, permanent, and unexpected changes in the
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