Contact allergy to anethole in toothpaste associated with loss of taste

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 354-355

  Franks, Andrea ^a  

^a Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageusia; Allergic contact cheilitis; Allergic contact dermatitis; Anethole; Aniseed; Cosmetics; Fennel; Flavourings; Foeniculum vulgare; Loss of taste; Plant extracts; Toothpaste; Umbelliferae

Indexed keywords

ANETHOLE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADULT; AGEUSIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN;

ANISOLES; CHEILITIS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; FLAVORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; TASTE DISORDERS; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 0031848066     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05786.x     Document Type: Article

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3. Lovell C R. Plants and the skin. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1983: 142.