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Definition of Croton oil
1. Noun. Viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action.
Definition of Croton oil
1. Noun. A dark yellow, acrid oil, obtained from the seeds of plants of the genus ''Croton'', once used as a drastic purgative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Croton oil
1. Oil from the seeds of the tropical plant Croton tiglium (Euphorbiaceae), causes severe skin irritation and contains a potent tumour promoter (co-carcinogen), phorbol ester. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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Literary usage of Croton oil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1896)
"... or more strictly the pustule-producing, constituent of croton oil is a long
out-standing problem in chemical pharmacology. Many attempts have been made ..."
2. A Handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1897)
"This irritating substance exists in small proportion i castor oil, and in larger
proportion in croton oil. croton oil irri- ites the skin, producing redness ..."
3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"croton oil is not solidified by nitrous acid. — On exposure to the air, ...
A mixture of croton oil and alcoholic ammonia deposits crystals of an amide ..."
4. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein, Jerome Henry Salisbury (1915)
"croton oil is burning and acrid in taste, and an irritant to the skin and mucous
membranes. ... croton oil has been classed, for this action on the skin, ..."
5. Text-book of medical jurisprudence and toxicology by John James Reese (1884)
"croton oil is a fixed oil, extracted by pressure from the seeds of Croton ...
croton oil is of a light yellow color, has an unpleasant odor, and a hot, ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"The question on the trial, of course, was whether the death resulted from the
croton oil, admitting that nearly two drachms had been administered. ..."
7. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1906)
"Several other esters of ricinoleic acid have been shown by Meyer to resemble the
glycerin ester (castor oil) in their purgative effects. croton oil is ..."
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