Contact allergy to herbal teas derived from Asteraceae plants

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 196-201

  Lundh, Kerstin ^a,b   Hindsén, Monica ^b   Gruvberger, Birgitta ^b   Möller, Halvor ^b   Svensson, Åke ^b   Bruze, Magnus ^b  

^a HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Chamomile; Compositae; Contact allergy; Dandelion; Milfoil; Parthenolide; Sesquiterpene lactones; Tea

Indexed keywords

PARTHENOLIDE; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDELION; FEMALE; HERB; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MATRICARIA; PATCH TEST; PATHOGENESIS; SKIN TEST; TEA;

ADULT; AGED; ASTERACEAE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SESQUITERPENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645714630     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2006.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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