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Preferred Label : Croton Oil;

NCIt definition : A yellow to brown colored, thick, foul smelling, very toxic oil obtained from the seeds of a tropical plant, Croton Tiglium. Croton oil was used as a drastic purgative agent, but is now mostly used as a standard irritant in pharmacological research. Exposure to this substance causes severe skin irritation and affects the small intestine leading to severe diarrhea. Croton oil is a possible human carcinogen. (NCI05);

UNII : WK97EQG57S;

CAS number : 8001-28-3;

NSC code : 92917;

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