Salicylamide is the common name for the substance o-hydroxybenzamide, or amide of salicyl.

Conjugation with glycine forms salicyluric acid, and with glucuronic acid it forms salicyl acyl and phenolic glucuronide.

When higher doses of salicylate are ingested (more than 4 g), the half-life becomes much longer (15-30 hours), because the biotransformation pathways concerned with the formation of salicyluric acid and salicyl phenolic glucuronide become saturated.