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Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Journal title
YAKUGAKU ZASSHI-JOURNAL OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
Clove buds oil is one of very important natural essential oil with a typica
l spicy note and also known as a source of eugenol. These phenol compounds,
which have the strong perfume of clove, are widely used not only as an ana
lgesic and antiseptic agent in dentistry. However, the problem is that the
phenol compounds caused sensitization on the skin occasionally. We reported
that the skin sensitization by eugenol and its derivatives was detected in
the guinea pig maximization test (GPMT) and also confirmed that dehydrodi-
eugenol, a biphenyl compound of eugenol, did not show the skin sensitizatio
n. To discuss more, we examined the skin sensitization by several phenol co
mpounds and its biphenyl ones. Consequently, we confirmed that the skin sen
sitization by biphenyl compounds more remarkably decreased than that by phe
nol compounds (monomer).