The essential oils of Wintergreen and Sweet Birch contain this constituent, which has been responsible for several cases of poisoning (symptoms: tinnitus, vomiting, hyperventilation, seizures, coma, pulmonary edema, and kidney failure) and a few fatalities.

A. methyleugenol
B. menthofuran
C. methyl salicylate
D. camphor


Ans: C. methyl salicylate

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