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Spirea ulmaria (now known as Filipendula ulmaria), or meadowsweet, is the German namesake of Spirsäure (salicylic acid), and ultimately aspirin. The name Aspirin was derived from the name of the chemical ASA—Acetylspirsäure in German. Spirsäure (salicylic acid) was named for the meadowsweet plant, Spirea ulmaria, from which it could be ...
It was also used to cure morphine addicts and would result in worse addictions and increasing tolerance levels to the drug over time. [3] Following the synthesis of aspirin and heroin, Hoffmann moved to the pharmaceutical marketing department where he stayed until his retirement in 1928. [1]
By 1899, Bayer had dubbed this drug Aspirin and was selling it globally. [15]: 27 The word Aspirin was Bayer's brand name, rather than the generic name of the drug; however, Bayer's rights to the trademark were lost or sold in many countries. Aspirin's popularity grew over the first half of the 20th century leading to fierce competition with ...
He also said he had invented the name aspirin and was the first person to use the new formulation to test its safety and efficacy. Bayer contends that aspirin was discovered by Felix Hoffmann to help his father, who had arthritis. [29] Various sources support the conflicting claims.
Name of the drug Synthesis mechanism Year that was Patented Governmental approval Patented expired Synthesis discoverer Year 1803–1805 [28] Morphine: Gates synthesis [29] 1952 1820: Quinine (isolation) Woodward and Doering: 1944 1830s Santonin: 1832: Chloral hydrate: Justus von Liebig: 1832 1833: Diastase: 1853 Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin ...
Heinrich Dreser, 1897. Heinrich Dreser (1 October 1860 – 21 December 1924) was a German chemist responsible for the aspirin and heroin projects at Bayer AG.He was also a key figure in creating the widely used modern drug codeine.
Edward Stone was born in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England, in 1702.His parents were Edward Stone, a gentleman farmer, and his first wife Elizabeth Reynolds. His mother having died, his father took a second wife, Elizabeth Grubb, in 1707; the Grubb family was to play a major role in Stone's li
Phenacetin (/ f ɪ ˈ n æ s ɪ t ɪ n / ⓘ; acetophenetidin, N-(4-ethoxyphenyl)acetamide [1]) is a pain-relieving and fever-reducing drug, which was widely used following its introduction in 1887. It was withdrawn from medicinal use as dangerous from the 1970s (e.g., withdrawn in Canada in 1973, [2] and by the U.S. Food and Drug ...