Experiment 1175147
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Opuntia microdasys (CACTACEAE) |
| Citation | SNYDER,RA: SCHWARTZ,RA:. (1983). CACTUS BRISTLE IMPLANTATION.. 119() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A CASE OF CONTACT DERMITIS DUE TO ACCIDENTAL CONTACT AND IMPLANTATION OF THE BRISTLES OF THE CACTUS OPUNTIA MACRODASYS IS REPORTED. THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH PAINFUL ERUPTION OF THE LEFT ARM & LEFT LATERAL PART OF THE THORAX OF 5 DAYS DURATION. BIOPSY REVEALED IMPLANTED CACTUS BRISTLES. THERE WAS AN ASSOCIATED INTENSE PERIVASCULAR LYMPHOHISTIOCYTIC INFILTRATE CONTAINING MANY EOSINOPHILS. SYMPTOMATIC RELIEF WAS PROVIDED BY TROPICAL APPLICATION OF 0.1% TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE CREAM. AS MANY BRISTLES AS POSSIBLE WERE REMOVED. AFTER 4 WEEKS THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS FOREIGN BODY REACTION. THE PAPULAR LESIONS WERE LARGER AND BRISTLE COULD STILL BE SEEN. TREATMENT WITH TRIAMCINOLONE WAS CONTINUED TWICE DAILY,AND PATIENT WAS EXAMINED EVERY 2 WEEKS. AFTER 2 MONTHS,THE BRISTLES DISAPPEARED,AND AT 4 MONTHS THE PAPULAR ERUPTIONS WERE CLINICALLY RESOLVED. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | LEAVES |