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Descriptor English: Croton Oil
Descriptor Spanish: Aceite de Crotón
Descriptor aceite de crotón
Scope note: Aceite viscoso y nauseabundo obtenido del arbusto Croton tiglium (Euphorbaceae). Es vesicante e irritante de la piel utilizado como estándar farmacológico en la inflamación y alergia cutáneas y causa cáncer de piel. Utilizado antiguamente como emético y catártico con una mortalidad frecuente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Óleo de Cróton
Descriptor French: Huile de croton
Entry term(s): Oil, Croton
Tree number(s): D10.212.507.375
D10.627.700.315
D20.215.784.750.315
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003436
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.
Annotation: a dermatol agent & carcinogen
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Dermatologic Agents
Registry Number: 8001-28-3
CAS Type 1 Name: Oils, croton
Related: Phorbol Esters MeSH
DeCS ID: 22408
Unique ID: D003436
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Croton Oil - Preferred
Concept UI M0005359
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.
Preferred term Croton Oil
Entry term(s) Oil, Croton



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