Concept information
Preferred term
Croton Oil
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
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.
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003436
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