aside salicylic,aside organic, formula ya chemical C7H6O3, ni ifu yera ya crystalline, ishonga gato mu mazi akonje, ishonga mu mazi ashyushye, ethanol, ether na acetone, ishonga muri benzene ishyushye.
Ikoreshwa cyane cyane nk'ibikoresho fatizo by'ingenzi mu miti, ibirungo, amarangi, imiti yica udukoko, inyongeramusaruro za kabuti n'ibindi binyabutabire byiza.