A dark yellow, acrid oil, obtained from the seeds of plants of the genus Croton, once used as a drastic purgative.

plural of croton oil

(organic chemistry) The unsaturated aliphatic aldehyde CH₃-CH=CH-CHO that is used in organic synthesis

(organic chemistry) The amide of crotonic acid; any N-derivative of this compound

(organic chemistry, dated) A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, later found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil.

(organic chemistry) A colourless, volatile, pungent liquid, C₄H₆, regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, analogous to crotonic acid.

plural of crotonylene

(biochemistry) posttranslational modification of lysine residues in a histone by the introduction of crotonyl groups

(organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃-CH=CH-CO- derived from crotonic acid

plural of crotonaldehyde