MeSH

A plant genus of the family EUPHORBIACEAE. The common name of dragon's blood is also used for DRACAENA and Daemonorops (ARECACEAE). CROTON TIGLIUM is the source of CROTON OIL.

Year introduced: 2002

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.

Date introduced: November 2, 2022

Common name dragon's blood is used to describe several Croton species and unrelated plants found in Peru and Ecuador. These plants produce a red viscous latex sap commonly referred to as dragon's blood used as a wound healing agent by natives. The principle compound in these saps is alkaloid TASPINE.

Date introduced: February 9, 2022

Date introduced: February 6, 2022

Date introduced: February 5, 2022

toxic protein from seeds of Euphorbiacea, Croton tiglium

Date introduced: January 1, 1976

induces ornithine decarboxylase activity; see also record for 4 alpha cpd, which does not induce ornithine decarboxylase activity; structure given in first source

Date introduced: February 5, 1981

induces ornithine decarboxylase activity; structure given in first source

Date introduced: February 5, 1981