Sesquiterpene lactone mix as a diagnostic tool for Asteraceae allergic contact dermatitis: Chemical explanation for its poor performance and Sesquiterpene lactone mix II as a proposed improvement

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 233-240

  Jacob, Mathias ^a   Brinkmann, Jürgen ^b   Schmidt, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Brial Allergen GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; Asteraceae (Compositae); chemoinformatics; Compositae mix; molecular modelling; sesquiterpene lactones; SL mix

Indexed keywords

ALANTOLACTONE; ALLERGEN; COSTUNOLIDE; DEHYDROCOSTUSLACTONE; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PATCH TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 85027927991     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.02051.x     Document Type: Article

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