Resources:
Web Sites

Bayer Aspirin Home Page

Cyberbotanica: Plants and Cancer Treatments — information on the pharmacology of plant-derived cancer drugs from Indiana University's BioTech Project and the University of Texas.

The European Aspirin Foundation — features technical and historical information about aspirin.

FDA Consumer Reprint — "An Aspirin a Day — Just Another Cliché" — reviews aspirin's many uses, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Fire and Spice - The Molecular Basis of Flavor — learn more about capsaicin and other food compounds at this site from Frostburg State University.

How Aspirin Works — from HowStuffWorks.

Life's Little Questions: Why Are Peppers Hot? — from Scientific American Frontiers.

A Miracle Drug — by Sophie Jourdier, on The Chemical Societies Network, hosted by the Royal Society of Chemistry. A very comprehensive history of aspirin.

The Reconstructors — be the drug discoverer in this postapocalyptic sci-fi drug development game that lets you rediscover the secrets of aspirin in a future world that has lost the knowledge of modern medicine, from Rice University.

RxList - The Internet Drug Index — from the HealthCentral Network, with a vast store of information on all types of medicines, from prescription drugs to alternative remedies.