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Hi, everybody. Recently I posted a question to the list, asking
what the relationship was between salicylates & phenols (since some
celiacs and others following a GF diet seem to be sensitive to
phenols). Another listmember asked me to post any responses I got,
so here is an excellent answer to the question, posted with
permission of Markus Isler, who wrote it:
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Hi Jeanne,
sorry for the bad news, here from a chemical standpoint: salicylates
are just a special class of phenols, but not listed or named as such
because the acid functiona ity has the higher priority in chemical
nomenclature. Thus, ortho-hydroxybenzoic acids are termed salicylates
instead of orthocarboxypheols. To understand this properly, you
should maybe know that phenols are a family of compounds that have
at least one hydrogen atom substituted by a hydroxy group on the core
benzene ring. Thus, salicylates, that have the above mentioned
structural unit in common, that is, ortho-hydroxybenzoate, are not only
benzoic acids, but also phenols.
sorry for the bad news and the lenghty
complicated explanation,
with my best wishes for your good health
Markus Isler
San Diego
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