The seamy side of natural medicines: Contact sensitization to arnica (Arnica montana L.) and marigold (Calendula officinalis L.)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 269-272

  Reider, N ^a   Komericki, P ^b   Hausen, B M ^c   Fritsch, P ^a   Aberer, W ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Dermatology Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Arnica; Calendula; Compositae; Cross reactions; Dermatitis; Herbal remedies; Marigold; Medicaments; Patch testing technique; Plant extracts; Plants; Sesquiterpene lactones

Indexed keywords

FRAGRANCE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NICKEL; PROPOLIS; RESIN; ROSIN; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTICLE; CALENDULA; CONTACT ALLERGY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; ARNICA; CALENDULA; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SKIN;

EID: 0034759303     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2001.450503.x     Document Type: Article

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