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Contact SupplierFlavour and fragrance wintergreen oil ( gaultheria procumbens l. ) flavour and fragrance wintergreen oil is a pale yellow or pinkish fluid liquid that is strongly aromatic with a sweet woody odor (components: methyl salicylate (approx. 98%), a-pinene, myrcene, delta-3-carene, limonene, 3,7-guaiadiene, delta-cadinene)that gives such plants a distinctive "medicinal" smell whenever bruised. Salicylate sensitivity is a common adverse reaction to the methyl salicylate in oil of wintergreen; it can produce allergy-like symptoms or asthma.flavour and fragrance wintergreen essential oil is usually obtained by steam distillation of the leaves of the plant following maceration in warm water. Methyl salicylate, the main chemical constituent of the oil, is not present in the plant until formed by enzymatic action from a glycoside within the leaves as they are macerated in warm water.oil of wintergreen is also manufactured from some species of birch, but these deciduous trees are not called wintergreens. Spiraea plants also contain methyl salicylate in large amounts and are used similarly to wintergreen. But even though wintergreen has a strong "minty" odor and flavor, the gaultheria-genus plants are not true mints, which belong to the genus mentha. farwell hot sale top quality 100% pure natural wintergreen oil used in swelling and pain cas 68917-75-9 (methyl salicylate) product description1. Chemical datacas no: 119-36-8;8024-54-2; 68917-75-9synon.