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Dermatitis from propolis
Author(s) -
Rudzki Edward,
Grzywa Zdzislawa
Publication year - 1983
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.1600-0536.1983.tb04624.x
Subject(s) - propolis , eugenol , balsam , vanillin , benzyl benzoate , traditional medicine , medicine , contact dermatitis , chemistry , food science , biology , organic chemistry , botany , allergy , immunology
22 patients with dermatitis from propolis were studied. In all the 21 tested subjects the tests with propolis were positive, and in 19 they were also positive to balsam of Peru. The chromatograms of the balsam and propolis show marked similarity and 3 identical peaks could be recognised in both substances. Among the patients sensitive to balsam of Peru and propolis, 12 were tested with some common components; 3 were positive to cinnamyl cinnamate, 2 to vanillin and 1 to benzyl cinnamate. Chromatograms of the 3 propolis samples from the Warsaw region were very similar, but not identical. Some of the patients were tested with 35 essential oils and eugenol. Sensitivity to clove oil was common.