"Croton Oil" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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D003436
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.212.507.375 D10.627.700.315 D20.215.784.750.315
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Inflammation-induced changes in rabbit CRP and plasma lipoproteins. J Immunol. 1983 Apr; 130(4):1736-42.