The effectiveness of jewelweed, Impatiens capensis, the related cultivar I. balsamina and the component, lawsone in preventing post poison ivy exposure contact dermatitis

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 314-318

  Abrams Motz, Vicki ^a   Bowers, Christopher P ^a   Mull Young, Linda ^a   Kinder, David H ^a  

^a OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cherokee ethnomedicine; Impatiens balsamina; Impatiens capensis; Jewelweed; Lawsone; Poison ivy dermatitis

Indexed keywords

IMPATIENS CAPENSIS EXTRACT; LAWSONE; PLANT EXTRACT; SOAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HARVEST PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS CAPENSIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS, TOXICODENDRON; HUMANS; IMPATIENS; MIDDLE AGED; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SEASONS; SOAPS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICODENDRON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

HEDERA; IMPATIENS BALSAMINA; IMPATIENS CAPENSIS; TOXICODENDRON RADICANS; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 84864680953     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.06.038     Document Type: Article

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