Posted by SLS on February 26, 2013, at 17:30:24 [reposted on March 2, 2013, at 17:20:51 | original URL]
In reply to , posted by on December 31, 1969, at 18:00:00
Aspirin is a derivative of benzene. Benzene is used in its manufacture.
I'm sure your expertise in organic chemistry will allow you to appreciate the following diagram:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Aspirin-skeletal.png
The body's natural chemical machinery utilizes benzene (aromatic) rings all of the time. These include amino acids and neurotransmitters.
Norepinephrine:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Noradrenaline_chemical_structure.png
I do not have a degree in biochemistry, but what little I do know leads me to believe that your understanding of the chemistry of life is limited, and that most of your claims have no scientific basis. Benzene is poisonous. Compounds that include benzene rings are not necessarily poisonous, and are, in fact, critical to life.
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