Contact sensitization from Compositae-containing herbal remedies and cosmetics

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 189-198

  Paulsen, Evy ^a,b  

^a Natl Allerg Res Ctr Consum P   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Arnica; Asteraceae; Compositae; Dandelion; Echinacea; Elecampane; Feverfew; German chamomile; Great burdock; Herbal cosmetics; Herbal remedies; Marigold; Phytomedicine; Plant dermatitis; Roman chamomile; Sesquiterpene lactones

Indexed keywords

'CALENDULA'; 'ECHINACEA'; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ANTHEMIS COTULA EXTRACT; ARCTIUM LAPPA EXTRACT; ARNICA MONTANA EXTRACT; ARNIFLOR; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS EXTRACT; CALENDULA EXTRACT; CHAMAEMELUM NOBILE EXTRACT; CHAMOMILE; COSMETIC; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INULA HELENIUM EXTRACT; INULA VISCOSA EXTRACT; KAMILLOSAN; SAUSSUREA LAPPA EXTRACT; TAGETES PATULA EXTRACT; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM EXTRACT; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLEA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARCTIUM LAPPA; ARNICA MONTANA; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ASTERACEAE; BULLOUS DERMATITIS; CANDIDIASIS; CHAMAEMELUM NOBILE; CHAMOMILLA RECRUITA; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CREAM; DANDELION; DRUG ANTIGENICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ECHINACEA; ECHININACEA PURPUREA; ECZEMA; ELECAMPANE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; INFLAMMATION; INULA VISCOSA; LIVER DISEASE; MARIGOLD; MIGRAINE; OINTMENT; PATCH TEST; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SAUSSUREA LAPPA; SKIN DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMATITIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TAGETES PATULA; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ALLERGENS; ARNICA; ASTERACEAE; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036823296     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2002.470401.x     Document Type: Review

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