The coumarin herniarin as a sensitizer in German chamomile [Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert, Compositae]

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 338-342

  Paulsen, Evy ^a   Otkjær, Aksel ^b   Andersen, Klaus E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Skin Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

7 methoxycoumarin; Allergic contact dermatitis; Asteraceae; Chamomile tea; Chamomilla recutita; Compositae; Coumarins; German chamomile; Herniarin; Patch test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COUMARIN; HERNIARIN; PETROLEUM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; UMBELLIFERONE DERIVATIVE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CHAMOMILE ALLERGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTACT ALLERGY; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; SENSITIZATION; ADULT; BEVERAGE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MATRICARIA; MIDDLE AGED;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEVERAGES; CYCLOSPORINE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATRICARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; UMBELLIFERONES;

EID: 77952254744     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01730.x     Document Type: Article

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