Ascaridole, a sensitizing component of tea tree oil, patch tested at 1% and 5% in two series of patients

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 240-241

  Bakker, Christiaan ^a   Blömeke, Brunhilde ^b   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^a   Schuttelaar, Marie Louse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

ascaridole; contact allergy; Melaleuca alternifolia; patch test; tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

ASCARIDOLE; COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE; ISOEUGENOL; NICKEL; PERFUME; TEA TREE OIL;

CONTACT ALLERGY; HUMAN; NOTE; PATCH TEST;

ALLERGENS; BETAINE; COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUGENOL; HUMANS; MONOTERPENES; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PEROXIDES; PROPYLAMINES; TEA TREE OIL;

EID: 80052700277     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01948.x     Document Type: Note

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