Aspirin is one of the most common medicines worldwide. Initially synthesized from a natural compound in willow bark, it is now a highly purified and modified synthetic drug. Devoid of the health giving flavonoids and polyphenols found in willow bark, this synthetic form derives all of its action from acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), which reduces fever, pain and the clotting of blood. A mechanism behind these effects is the inhibition of an enzyme called…