Contact allergens of an urban shrub Wigandia caracasana
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G W Reynolds1, F Gafner, E Rodriguez
1Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine 92717.
Contact Dermatitis
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
The principal dermatitic constituents of W. caracasana were isolated from the glandular hairs and identified as unusual prenylated quinones and prenylated phenols. Potentials to elicit irritant and allergic contact dermatitis reactions were evaluated with guinea pigs.