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Croton Oil  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Note

  • a dermatol agent & carcinogen

Scope note

  • Viscous, nauseating oil obtained from the shrub Croton tiglium (Euphorbaceae). It is a vesicant and skin irritant used as pharmacologic standard for skin inflammation and allergy and causes skin cancer. It was formerly used as an emetic and cathartic with frequent mortality.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003436

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