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Many sesquiterpene lactones, terpenoid compounds present in members of the Compositae (Asteraceae) family of plants, are known to cause allergic contact dermatitis. There is no treatment of this skin disease. We report on the use of an amino acid, L-cysteine, to control dermatitis in guinea pigs
9 cases of contact sensitivity to Dittrichia viscosa, mainly with an airborne pattern, are described. All patients reacted to the fresh leaf of the plant and to its ethereal extracts at 1 and 0.5% pet., and some of them also to that at 0.1% pet. Positive reactions to Frullania dilatata, Laurus
As a complementary study to a previous work (14) in which we examined 43 cases of contact dermatitis to plants, we have taken a closer look at the provocative cases which made up 76% of that study - Allium (garlic) (11 cases), Primula (8), Frullania (8) and Compositae (6). The clinical methodology,