Salicylic acid CAS: 69-72-7 sanannen fili ne tare da fa'idodin amfani.Farin lu'ulu'un foda ne wanda aka samo daga haushin willow, kodayake an fi samar da shi ta hanyar synthetically kwanakin nan.Salicylic acid yana da narkewa sosai a cikin ethanol, ether da glycerin, dan kadan mai narkewa cikin ruwa.Yana da wurin narkewa na kusan 159°C da ƙwanƙolin ƙwanƙwasa 138.12 g/mol.
A matsayin fili mai aiki da yawa, salicylic acid yana da nau'ikan aikace-aikace masu yawa a cikin masana'antu daban-daban.An san shi da yawa don kyawawan kaddarorin sa a cikin samfuran kula da fata.Salicylic acid shine babban sinadari a yawancin hanyoyin magance kuraje saboda abubuwan da ke fitar da su da kuma kawar da cututtukan da ke haifar da kuraje yadda ya kamata.Bugu da ƙari, yana taimakawa wajen toshe pores, rage kumburi, da sarrafa samar da mai don samun lafiya, haske mai kyau.
Baya ga taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin samfuran kula da fata, ana kuma amfani da salicylic acid sosai a cikin masana'antar harhada magunguna.Yana da mahimmanci a cikin samar da magunguna irin su aspirin, wanda aka sani don rage ciwo da kuma maganin kumburi.Bugu da ƙari, salicylic acid yana da maganin antiseptik da keratolytic Properties, yana mai da shi muhimmin sashi a cikin jiyya na Topical don warts, calluses, da psoriasis.