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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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