ABSTRACT

Crotamiton (chemical name: N-ethylcrotono-o-toluidide or N-ethyl-o-methylphenyl-2-butenamide; trade names include: A-Bite, Acomexol, Congen, Crotamitex, Crotan, Crotanol, Crotaphil, Crotorax, Eurax, Euraxil, Moz-Bite, Scabicin, Ulex, Uracin, Youlifu, Veteusan) is an unclassified acaricide (scabicide) and insecticide used topically in human and veterinary medicine (Domenjoz, 1946; Couperus, 1949; Budavari et al., 1996).