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<p><strong>Cantharidin</strong>, a type of terpenoid, is a poisonous chemical compound secreted by many species of blister beetle, and most notably by the Spanish fly, <em>Lytta vesicatoria</em>. The false blister beetles and cardinal beetles also have cantharidin.</p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">History</span></h2>
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Black Blister Beetle <em>Epicauta pennsylvanica</em></div>
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<li id="cite_note-pmid13519856-0"><strong>^</strong> <cite style="FONT-STYLE: normal" id="CITEREFEpstein_WL.2C_Kligman_AM1958">Epstein WL, Kligman AM (1958). "Treatment of warts with cantharidin". <em>A. M. A. archives of dermatology</em> <strong>77</strong> (5): 508–11. PMID 13519856.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Treatment+of+warts+with+cantharidin&rft.jtitle=A.+M.+A.+archives+of+dermatology&rft.aulast=Epstein+WL%2C+Kligman+AM&rft.au=Epstein+WL%2C+Kligman+AM&rft.date=1958&rft.volume=77&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=508%E2%80%9311&rft_id=info:pmid/13519856&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Cantharidin"><span style="DISPLAY: none"> </span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-1"><strong>^</strong> <cite style="FONT-STYLE: normal" class="web">"Molluscum contagiosum". Merck Manuals. November 2005<span class="printonly">. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec10/ch122/ch122b.html</span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved on 2007-10-21</span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=Molluscum+contagiosum&rft.atitle=&rft.date=November+2005&rft.pub=Merck+Manuals&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.merck.com%2Fmmpe%2Fsec10%2Fch122%2Fch122b.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Cantharidin"><span style="DISPLAY: none"> </span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-pmid456036-2"><strong>^</strong> <cite style="FONT-STYLE: normal" id="CITEREFBinder_R1979">Binder R (1979). "Malpractice--in dermatology". <em>Cutis; cutaneous medicine for the practitioner</em> <strong>23</strong> (5): 663–6. PMID 456036.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Malpractice--in+dermatology&rft.jtitle=Cutis%3B+cutaneous+medicine+for+the+practitioner&rft.aulast=Binder+R&rft.au=Binder+R&rft.date=1979&rft.volume=23&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=663%E2%80%936&rft_id=info:pmid/456036&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Cantharidin"><span style="DISPLAY: none"> </span></span></li>
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