Is Salicylic Acid vegetarian?
Salicylic Acid
Salicylic acid is a beta-hydroxy acid naturally found in the leaves of wintergreen, meadowsweet, and willow bark. It is widely used in cosmetics as a keratolytic and exfoliant and can also be produced synthetically via the Kolbe-Schmitt reaction.
| Also known as | 2-hydroxy benzoic acid, 2-Hydroxybenzoic acid, acidum salicylicum, Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, Beta-hydroxy acid, BHA precursor, o-Hydroxybenzoic acid, Orthohydroxybenzoic acid, SALICYLIC ACID, SALICYLIC ACID, CALCIUM SALICYLATE, MAGNESIUM SALICYLATE, MEA- SALICYLATE, SODIUM SALICYLATE, POTASSIUM SALICYLATE, TEA- SALICYLATE |
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| INCI name | Salicylic Acid |
| CAS number | 69-72-7 |
| EC number | 200-712-3 |
| CosIng ID | 37595 |
| Last reviewed | 16 April 2026 |
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