[nafex] Wintergreen - methyl salicylate

[Lucky Pittman <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>]

Oil of wintergreen is methyl salicylate - I'm not certain if it's water 
soluble, but since it's an 'oil', I suspect not.
It does confer a neat blue-green color to the 'sparks' produced when you 
crunch Wint-O-Green LifeSavers between your teeth, with an open mouth in 
front of the mirror in the dark - a phenomenon known scientifically as 
triboluminescence.

Didja ever go "sparkin'" with your boyfriend/girlfriend?

Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY


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