Isolation of Aspirin: The organic filtrate was extracted through a separatory funnel with 32 mL 5% sodium bicarbonate to produce an aqueous layer and a dichloromethane layer. 7.2 mL 6 M hydrochloric acid were added to the aqueous layer until the pH was 2. The mixture was then cooled in an ice/water bath for 10 minutes. The aspirin was collected by vacuum filtration. After it dried, it yielded 0.93 g (30.9 % of original Panacetin).…
The Consulting Chemists Institute has been asked to analyze the drug preparation of Aspirin to find out what percentages of aspirin, sucrose, and drug preparation. The purpose of this experiment was to determine the unknown component of panacetin. Panacetin contains aspirin, sucrose, and an unknown component. Dichloromate reacts with Panacetin to produce the sucrose as an insoluble solid. Aspirin is removed from the solution by reacting with sodium bicarbonate. The aqueous layer reacts with hydrochloric acid, the unknown component can then be isolated by evaporating the solvent from the dichloromethane solution.…
Aspirin is a salicylate, also known as a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It is the generic name of acetylsalicylic acid and is used clinically to treat fever, pain and inflammation as it works by preventing the formation of prostaglandin. Prostaglandin is the active agent that is responsible for the sensitisation at the nerve endings. It can be administered orally, rectally or by intravenous route. (6)…
In You Are a Contract Painkiller (1997, p. 111), author Maureen Littlejohn makes extensive use of personification to describe the functioning of Aspirin in our body, its various properties to fight pain, and its evolution over the years. Littlejohn describes how Aspirin claimed celebrity status as one of the world’s most popular, inexpensive painkillers by relieving headaches, sprains, blows, burns, swelling and fever. Furthermore, she added that Aspirin could also be used to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack. The author supports the main idea by describing how the aspirin when taken with a modest stream of water or ginger ale, passed to the stomach through the esophagus and undergoes a series of chain reactions to disable the enzyme that converts the acid in cell membranes into prostaglandins (responsible for the pain). In a similar fashion it also helps bring fever down. Moreover, the author gives a brief history about the evolution of the modern day Aspirin from almost a thousand years ago when Hippocrates first discovered the property of willow leaves to help relieve pain. The author concludes the essay by highlighting the useful properties of Aspirin and the various ailments it provides relief from.…
Aspirins block the pain signal from the part of the body to the brain via a neurotransmitter. Aspirins are used for fever and inflammation. When Aspirin is taken in small doses, even in adults, it can help reduce the risk of heart disease and strokes.…
The twenty-first century has seen pharmaceutical companies grow in unprecedented size and strength. Due to the unprecedented growth the larger pharmaceutical companies have gained leverage and power in the prescription drug industry, but they lack innovation to market and they seek ways to help the business continue to increase its profits. The pharmaceutical industry was once ethically sound and was a valuable player in the development of human health. However, overtime with the lack of innovation pharmaceutical companies are becoming an unethical market that exploits patients, doctors and anyone else it can to increase its profitability. With eyes only on profitability this can create a hazard for patients because there is deficient testing of the drugs prior to the drugs hitting the American market. In this research paper we will cover the many facets of PharmaCare, Coleria, and Wellco and the drug AD23 side effects, and its manufacturing in an impoverished nation with the low wages and unsafe working conditions. All of which will be covered throughout this document.…
Aspirin – used to relieve pain including colds, fever, toothaches and to reduce pain and swelling in conditions such as arthritis. Side effects of aspirin could be nausea or vomiting, a ringing in the ears (tinnitus), a runny nose, an itchy rash on the skin and inflammation of the stomach.…
Aspirin is known as a pain reliever for muscle ache, head ache and can prevent heart attacks as well as blood clots, and many more things that it can help with. Aspirin is known as Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is a Salicylate. Salicylates are organic acids from plants that people for hundreds of years have been used for pain reducing. Salicylic acid irritates the stomach when consumed so German scientist Felix Hoffman suggested ASA as an alternative. Aspirin is made when Acetic Anhydride reacting with Salicylic acid to produce Acetylsalicylic acid and Acetic acid (diluted vinegar). Aspirin is in millions of home today and in America, about 50 million tablets are consumed every day. When aspirin ages it breaks down and returns to the main chemicals that made the reaction.…
Aspirin is also a big part of this experiment. Aspirin is used to relieve minor aches and pains, or to reduce fever. Aspirin can also prevent blood clots and the risk of a stroke. Aspirin is also known as acetylsalicylic acid because that is what aspirin has in it .Aspirin get this acid from plants. Plants produce acetylsalicylic acid when they are damaged or stressed by environmental conditions. Aspirin was actually first produced by nature, in a sense, in the form of pain-reducing willow bark. Research shows that aspirin on plants helps the plant have defense from insects.…
~Aspirin is used to treat pain due to inflammation. It also used to treat several conditions such as…
For over 40,000 years the Native American Indians have used a combination of religion, spirituality, rituals, and herbal medicines. Native Americans did not go a doctor to get medications prescribed to them they went to a medicine man. The treatment usually took weeks or longer to see effects. Some of the herbal remedies that were used by Native American Indian medicine men included teas, tinctures, and salves. An example for pain a medicine man would use the bark from a willow tree, which contains acetylsalicylic acid (what is known as aspirin). Most Native American Indian medicine men where driven underground or the practice was lost due to their practice being banned in some parts of the United States. Native American Indians have one of…
Aspirin is used to treat pain in the body. Aspirin is used in the treatment of a number of conditions, including fever, pain, and inflammatory diseases. Lower doses of aspirin have also shown to reduce the risk of death from a heart attack and stroke. Aspirin is available in most countries. Aspirin helps ease the pains of certain conditions.…
Prescription drug abuse has a huge effect on people and their families. Drugs have some good qualities and help in many ways. However, many people tend to abuse the ability to use drugs even when it is not a necessity to use the drugs anymore. Some people do not realize how much they rely on the drugs. There becomes a point in some people’s lives where they tend to take the drug not because they need it but because they have a habit and a want. Many do not realize the effect it has on the body to take these prescription drugs instead of finding a more authentic way to cope. Some people become so addicted to drugs that it becomes all they think about and nothing else. Everything and everyone become of lesser value to them. Getting that medicine…
Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), or more commonly known as aspirin, is a medication that can be used for pain, fevers, and inflammation. It can be used for long periods of time, in small amounts, to prevent heart attacks, strokes and the formation of blood clots. A heart attack victim can be given a low dose right after the ordeal to reduce the risk of another one. Side effects of this drug is ulcers, internal bleeding (stomach) and ringing in the ears. These mainly happen with higher doses of aspirin.…
The educational goals of this lab are to find the structural formulas for salicylic acid, acetic anhydride, and aspirin and to use these structural formulas to construct a reaction equation by describing the synthesis of aspirin. In addition, you have to be able to use your percent purity calculations to determine the percent yield of your synthesis of aspirin.…