Crotonine

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crotonine \Cro"ton*ine\ (kr?"t?n-?n), n. (Chem.)
     A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it
     with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia
     soap of the oil. --Watts.
     [1913 Webster]