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1. Organoleptic Properties:

       Appearance:  Fluid liquid

       Color:  Pale yellow or yellowish or pinkish

       Aroma:  Strongly aromatic with a sweet characteristic odor, displaying a peculiar

       creamy-fruity topnote and a sweet-woody dryout

        2. Physico - Chemical Properties:

       Specific Gravity:   1.1735 to 1.1855 at 25º C

       Optical Rotation:  (-) 0.3º to (-) 10.5º at 25º C

       Refractive Index:  1.537 to 1.5405 at 25º C

       Acid No:  10 to 25

       Ester number: 335 to 365

       Ester No After acetylation:  88.8 to 98% (calculated as Methyl Salicylate)

       Solubility:  Soluble in 2.0 to 3.5 volumes of 80% alcohol

      3. Packing:

       Aluminum containers and epoxy-lined metallic barrels

       500g,  1 kg,  5 kg, 10 kg, 50 kg, 100 kg, capacities

        4. Actions: Analgesic, astringent, carminative, diuretic, stimulant, anodyne,

       anti-rheumatic, antispasmodic, antiseptic, aromatic, emmenagogue

       5. Principal Constituents: phenols (including gaultherin and salicylic acid)

       volatile oil (up to 98% methyl salicylate), mucilage, resin, tannins

       6. Uses:

       Wintergreen essential oil, Gaultheria procumbens,  has been used to staunch

       bloody wounds, applied to dog bites, snakebites, and insect bites. Also used as

       a poultice, good for boils, swellings, ulcers, old sores