Croton Oil
"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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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Croton Oil" by people in Profiles.
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Cibin TR, Devi DG, Abraham A. Chemoprevention of two-stage skin cancer in vivo by Saraca asoca. Integr Cancer Ther. 2012 Sep; 11(3):279-86.
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Cibin TR, Devi DG, Abraham A. Chemoprevention of skin cancer by the flavonoid fraction of Saraca asoka. Phytother Res. 2010 May; 24(5):666-72.
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Schottelius AJ, Giesen C, Asadullah K, Fierro IM, Colgan SP, Bauman J, Guilford W, Perez HD, Parkinson JF. An aspirin-triggered lipoxin A4 stable analog displays a unique topical anti-inflammatory profile. J Immunol. 2002 Dec 15; 169(12):7063-70.
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Repine JE, White JG, Clawson CC, Holmes BM. Effects of phorbol myristate acetate on the metabolism and ultrastructure of neutrophils in chronic granulomatous disease. J Clin Invest. 1974 Jul; 54(1):83-90.