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Phototoxic dermatitis due to Chenopodium album in a mother and son
Author(s) -
Çalka Ömer,
Akdeniz Necmettin,
Metin Ahmet,
Behçet Lütfi
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.0456e.x
Subject(s) - chenopodium , dermatology , phototoxicity , contact dermatitis , sunscreening agents , medicine , patch testing , allergic contact dermatitis , traditional medicine , biology , allergy , botany , immunology , biochemistry , in vitro , weed , skin cancer , cancer
Chenopodium album L. subs. album ( Chenopodiaceae ) is an annual herb with fibrous roots. The plant grows worldwide and frequently in moist areas. Sometimes, the young parts of this plant can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable. In this article, we report a mother and her adult son, in whom phototoxic reaction developed on the sun‐exposed body areas after eating this plant of Chenopodiaceae family because of rare presentation. We thought that this reaction was probably due to furocoumarins constituent within the plant.