“Few people might know that the source of cricket bat and a very common drug Aspirin is same! The plant Salix alba 'Caerulea' (Cricket-bat Willow) is grown as a timber crop in Britain, mainly for the production of cricket bats.
About the same plant, Hippocrates once wrote in the 5th century BC that a bitter powder extracted from willow bark could ease aches and pains and reduce fevers.
This is also mentioned in Materia medica texts from ancient Egypt, Sumer and Assyria.
The active extract of the bark is called salicin.
It was isolated in 1828 by Henri Leroux, a French pharmacist, and Raffaele Piria, an Italian chemist, who then succeeded in separating out the acid in its pure state. Salicin, like aspirin, is a chemical derivative of salicylic acid, a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.”
About the same plant, Hippocrates once wrote in the 5th century BC that a bitter powder extracted from willow bark could ease aches and pains and reduce fevers.
This is also mentioned in Materia medica texts from ancient Egypt, Sumer and Assyria.
The active extract of the bark is called salicin.
It was isolated in 1828 by Henri Leroux, a French pharmacist, and Raffaele Piria, an Italian chemist, who then succeeded in separating out the acid in its pure state. Salicin, like aspirin, is a chemical derivative of salicylic acid, a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.”
An excerpt from a speech delivered by Dr Syed Ziaur Rehman,
Deptt of Pharmacology, JNMCH, AMU at the opening ceremony of
North Zone Inter Varsity Cricket (Men) Tournament
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