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- Title
Phototoxic dermatitis due to Chenopodium album in a mother and son.
- Authors
Çalka, Ömer; Akdeniz, Necmettin; Metin, Ahmet; Behçet, Lütfi
- Abstract
Chenopodium album L. subs. album ( Chenopodiaceae) is an annual herb with fibrous roots. The plant grows worldwide and frequently in moist areas. Sometimes, the young parts of this plant can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable. In this article, we report a mother and her adult son, in whom phototoxic reaction developed on the sun-exposed body areas after eating this plant of Chenopodiaceae family because of rare presentation. We thought that this reaction was probably due to furocoumarins constituent within the plant.
- Subjects
CHENOPODIACEAE; SKIN inflammation; HERBS; CONTACT dermatitis; SKIN diseases
- Publication
Contact Dermatitis (01051873), 2005, Vol 53, Issue 1, p58
- ISSN
0105-1873
- Publication type
Other
- DOI
10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.0456e.x