"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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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 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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Comment on "Anti-aging effects of ingenol mebutate for patients with actinic keratosis" and phenol-croton oil peelings. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 06; 80(6):e185-e186.
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Segmental phenol-Croton oil chemical peels for treatment of periorbital or perioral rhytides. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Dec; 81(6):e165-e166.
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Air Safety and Personal Protective Equipment for Phenol-Croton Oil Peels. Dermatol Surg. 2018 07; 44(7):1035-1037.
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Augmentation and eversion of lips without injections: The lip peel. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 05; 80(5):e119-e120.
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Prolongation of rate-corrected QT interval during phenol-croton oil peels. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2018 04; 78(4):810-812.