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During World War II, the United States Navy added a small amount of croton oil to the neutral grain spirits that powered torpedoes. The oil was intended to prevent sailors from drinking the alcohol fuel. Sailors devised crude stills to separate the alcohol from the croton oil, as alcohol evaporates at a lower temperature than croton oil. [9]
Later, a small amount of Croton oil was added to the neutral grain spirits which powered U.S. torpedoes. Drinking alcohol with the oil additive caused painful cramps, internal bleeding and a violent emptying of the bowels. It was intended as a replacement for methanol which had caused blindness in some sailors.
The purging croton, Croton tiglium, is the source of croton oil from which phorbol was initially isolated. Its seeds and oil have been used for hundreds of years in traditional medicine, generally as a purgative, and the seeds were mentioned in Chinese herbal texts 2000 years ago. [15]
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The name crotonic acid was given because it was erroneously thought to be a saponification product of croton oil. [2] It crystallizes as colorless needles from hot water. With a cis-alkene, Isocrotonic acid is an isomer of crotonic acid. Crotonic acid is soluble in water and many organic solvents. Its odor is similar to that of butyric acid.
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All parts of these plants contain a highly irritating oil with urushiol. Skin reactions can include blisters and rashes. The oil spreads readily to clothes and back again, and can persist in the environment for a very long time. Infections can follow scratching. The smoke of burning poison ivy can cause reactions in the lungs, and can be fatal.