CULT: Aspirin and Salicylic Acid

From: hipsource@aol.com

In a message dated 3/7/00 8:57:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, irisborer@aol.com 
writes:

<< the possible use of aspirin on borytritis >>

There was an article in the July 1999 AIS Bulletin about using Aspirin as a 
possible treatment for Erwinia, the bacterium that causes soft rot. At that 
time Rodney Barton raised a question and did not, to my knowledge, receive an 
answer. 

This is Rodney's question:

<<The article talks about aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) but uses the 
abbreviation "SA" for it.  SA would be a more fitting abbreviation for 
salicylic acid. Indeed, one of the papers cited is on the effect of salicylic 
acid.   Aspirin and salicylic acid are NOT the same, but could have similar 
biological activity.  Is there some confusion here or do both of these 
compounds show this effect?  Anyone familiar with this work?>>

Have we an answer for this?

And is aspirin as such labeled for horticultural use?

Anner Whitehead
HIPSource@aol.com

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