Pharmacognosy / ˌfɑr məˈkɒg nə si / : the study of medicines or crude drugs produced from natural sources such as plants, microbes, and animals. It includes analysis of their biological, chemical, biochemical, and physical properties.
No, the King Regent told her, he did not bake. After enjoying a laugh at her expense –she had to admit it was a pretty stupid question– the chef of the apothecary was summoned.
What Ebony needed from the chef was baking soda. Baking soda was not among the reactants for the Aspirin synthesis reaction but it would help her get one of the reactants.
The reaction needed four reactants in total. Methylsalicylate (the wintergreen oil), ethanoic acid, sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sulphuric acid (H2SO4).
That was what was needed for the reaction. What Ebony ne
