Pain and aspirin
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Why does it hurt?
  • 2 How does it hurt?
  • 3 The aspirin story
  • 4 The molecules involved
    • 4.1 Salicylic acid
    • 4.2 The functional group approach
    • 4.3 Aspirin
  • 5 Some chemistry involving esters
  • 6 How does aspirin relieve pain?
  • 7 Enzymes
    • 7.1 Enzymes: nature's catalysts
    • 7.2 How enzymes work
    • 7.3 Formation of prostaglandin
  • 8 Enter aspirin!
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements

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