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Experimental study of contact dermatitis due to alstroemeria in guinea pigs
Author(s) -
Harada Koichi,
Ohmori Shoko,
Wei ChangNian,
Arimatsu Yoshiki,
Ueda Atsushi
Publication year - 1998
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.1600-0536.1998.tb05838.x
Subject(s) - contact dermatitis , dermatology , allergic contact dermatitis , allergy , biology , medicine , botany , immunology
Contact allergy from handling alstroemeria ( Alstroemeria ) has been widely observed in horticulturalists and florists (1–5). α‐methylene‐γ‐butyrolactone (α‐MBL) has been shown to be the causative agent (6, 7). In the present study, delayed‐type contact dermatitis due to alstroemeria was evaluated using the guinea pig maximization test (GMT) (8), and the intensity of allergic reactions was investigated by quantifying the contents of α‐MBL in different parts of alstroemeria by high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) (9).