Allergic contact dermatitis from falcarinol isolated from Schefflera arboricola
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Contact Dermatitis
- Vol. 14 (2) , 91-93
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0536.1986.tb01167.x
Abstract
From the plant Schefflera arboricolar, which has been reported to cause allergic contact dermatitis, we have isolated and determined the elicitor of allergic contact dermatitis as falcarinol, heptadeca-1,9(Z)-diene-4,6-diyne-3-ol. Three polyacetylenes closely related to falcarinol, namely falcarindiol, falcarinone and dehydrofalcarinone were tested simultaneously. Falcarinol, but not falcarindiol, falcarinone and dehydrofalcarinone, elicited allergic contact dermatitis in a 38-year-old female plant-nursery worker.Keywords
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