Experiment 349460

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeEXTERNAL
OrganismCynara scolymus (ASTERACEAE)
CitationQUIRCE,S: TABAR,AI: OLAGUIBEL,JM: CUEVAS,M:. (1996). OCCUPATIONAL CONTACT URTICARIA SYNDROME CAUSED BY GLOBE ARTICHOKE (CYNARA SCOLYMUS).. 97(2)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseONE CASE OF OCCUPATIONAL CONTACT URTICARIA WAS REPORTED IN A 20 YR OLD FEMALE IN RESPONSE TO HANDLING GLOBE ARTICHOKES AT WORK. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN ACUTE EPISODE OF GENERALIZED URTICARIA, ANGIOEDEMA OF THE HANDS, FOREARMS, AND FACE, NASAL ITCHING, RHINORRHEA, WATERY EYES AND DYSPNEA, COUGH AND CHEST TIGHTNESS. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH BETA-MIMETICS, OXYGEN AND SYSTEMIC CORTICOSTEROIDS.
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractFLOWERS
GenderFEMALE