Potent Contact Allergen in the Rubber Plant Guayule ( Parthenium argentatum )
- 27 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 211 (4489), 1444-1445
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7466403
Abstract
Chemical and dermatotoxicological investigations of the natural and processed resin of the Mexican rubber plant, guayule (Parthenium argentatum), has established the presence of a sesquiterpene cinnamic acid ester (guayulin A) that is a potent elicitor of allergic contact dermatitis in experimental animals. The guayule contact allergen is comparable to the poison ivy skin allergens as an elicitor of dermatitis in sensitized guinea pigs.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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