Experiment 635136

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routePATCH TEST
OrganismAllium sativum (LILIACEAE)
CitationEMING,SA: PIONTEK,JO: HUNZELMANN,N: RASOKAT,H:. (1999). SEVERE TOXIC CONTACT DERMATITIS CAUSED BY GARLIC.. 141(2)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseasePATCH TESTING WAS PERFORMED ON A GROUP, TO ASSES IF GARLIC CAN CAUSE CONTACT DERMATITIS, FOR THE TEST GARLIC EXTRACTS WERE PREPARED FROM FRESH/OR COOKED GARLIC IN OLIVE OIL(O.O) (1:1:V/V).5 DISTILLED WATER (1G/ML AND DILUTED IN 0.9% NACL AT DILUTIONS OF 1:100 AND 1:100) AND ETHANOL (1G/ML AND DILUTED IN 0.9% NACL AT DILUTIONS 1:100 AND 1:100).6 PATCH TESTING WAS PERFORMED ON THE BACK WITH 20 MIN AND 48 H OCCLUSION. READINGS WERE PERFORMED AFTER 20 MIN. 1.2.3 AND 4 DAYS. 4 HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS SERVED AS CONTROLS. THE CLINICAL FEATURES WITH SHARPLY DEMARCATED HAEMORRHAGIC LESIONS. THE PATCH TEST RESULTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LACK OF ANY SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS TO COOKED INGESTED GARLIC, WHICH INDICATED THE COMPONTENT CAUSING DERMATITIS IS HEAT LABILE. AND WATER AND ETHANOL SOLUBLE. SO FRESH-BARLIC EXPOSED SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED (ON SKIN).
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionCONC USED
ExtractBULB