Allergic Contact Dermatitis to Quinones in Paphiopedilum haynaldianum (Orchidaceae)
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 116 (3) , 327-328
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1980.01640270087024
Abstract
• An eczematous eruption developed on the hands and forearms of a 68-year-old man after frequent contact with homebred specimens of the lady slipper Paphiopedilum haynaldianum. Patch tests with leaves, petals, and stems, as well as with two quinones isolated from the plant by thin-layer chromatography, gave strongly positive reactions. The results demonstrated that the recurrent skin lesions were the expression of an allergic contact dermatitis due to the quinoid constituents, which are the main contact allergens in this orchid species. (Arch Dermatol 116:327-328, 1980)This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- On the occurrence of the contact allergen primin and other quinoid compounds in species of the family of PrimulaceaeArchives of Dermatological Research, 1978