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Contact sensitivity to oak moss
Author(s) -
Gonçalo S.,
Cabral F.,
Goncalo M.
Publication year - 1988
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.1600-0536.1988.tb02951.x
Subject(s) - moss , contact dermatitis , sensitivity (control systems) , contact allergy , medicine , dermatology , environmental science , botany , biology , allergy , immunology , engineering , electronic engineering
Oak muss allergy was the principle allergen in contact sensitivity to perfumes (45%); 31 patients reading to oak moss were studied. The sensitivity was attributed to contact with perfumes in 20, lichens in 7 and unknown in 4. Atranorin was the most frequent allergen, followed by usnic, evernic and fumarprotocetraric acids. Concomitant allergy occurred to several lichen acids and also to balsam of Peru, colophony and other fragrance component.