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Clinical pharmacy PharmD program Third level Phytochemistry-1 (PG-504)

Hydrolysis

• Acid hydrolysis of Salicin gives glucose and a phenolic ether called saliretin which is a
condensation product of two molecules of saligenin
• Oxidation of saligenin gives salicylic acid, and this accounts for the medicinal value of
salicin.

• Salicyl alcohol metabolized as salicylic acid which is the active component of aspirin
(acetylsalicylic acid)…. Aspirin????

Coniferin

I s both an alcoholic or a phenolic glycoside.

Source: family Coniferae (pine tree ربونص).

Hydrolysis:
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