Contact dermatitis as an adverse reaction to some topically used European herbal medicinal products - part 2: Echinacea purpurea-Lavandula angustifolia.

Sebastiano Gangemi, Paola L Minciullo, Marco Miroddi, Ioanna Chinou, Gioacchino Calapai, Richard J Schmidt

Journal: Contact dermatitis 2016;72(4):193-205

PMID: 25600644

Abstract

This review focuses on contact dermatitis as an adverse effect of a selection of topically used herbal medicinal products for which the European Medicines Agency has completed an evaluation up to the end of November 2013 and for which a Community herbal monograph has been produced. Part 2: Echinacea purpurea Moench-Lavandula angustifolia Mill.

Address: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy; Operative Unit of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico 'G. Martino', Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy; Institute of Clinical Physiology, IFC CNR, Messina Unit, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy.

DOI: 10.1111/cod.12328

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MeSH Terms: Dermatitis, Contact, Echinacea, Europe, Hamamelis, Hedera, Humans, Humulus, Hypericum, Juniperus, Lavandula, Plant Preparations