OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGIC CONTACT-DERMATITIS FROM CARNOSOL, A NATURALLY-OCCURRING COMPOUND PRESENT IN ROSEMARY

Authors
HJORTHER AB CHRISTOPHERSEN C HAUSEN BM MENNE T
Citation
Ab. Hjorther et al., OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGIC CONTACT-DERMATITIS FROM CARNOSOL, A NATURALLY-OCCURRING COMPOUND PRESENT IN ROSEMARY, Contact dermatitis, 37(3), 1997, pp. 99-100
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Allergy,"Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Contact dermatitis → ACNP
ISSN journal
01051873
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
99 - 100
Database
ISI
SICI code
0105-1873(1997)37:3<99:OACFCA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A 56-year-old man, working in a food processing factory, developed con tact dermatitis of his hands, forearms, and face after the introductio n of a new herb extract (Rosmanox(R)) made from the leaves of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis). He reacted to carnosol, the main constituen t of Rosmanox(R). 226 controls were negative. To our knowledge, this i s the Ist reported case of contact dermatitis from carnosol.