Experiment 676227
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Melaleuca alternifolia (MYRTACEAE) |
| Citation | SALLER,R: BERGER,T: REICHLING,J: HARKENTHAL,M:. (1998). PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICINAL ASPECTS OF AUSTRALIAN TEA TREE OIL.. 5(6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | OBSERVATION OF 7 PATIENTS IN 3 YEARS, WHO DEVELOPED ALLERGIC CONTACT DERMATITIS AFTER USING PURE TEA TREE OIL ON INJURED SKIN. SKIN TESTING DEMOSTRATED POSITIVE RESULTS WITH 1% TEA GREE OIL IN ALL 7 PATIENTS, 6 OF THE PATIENTS HAD POSITIVE REACTION WITH LIMONENE, 5 WITH ALPHA-TERPINENE AND AROMADENDREN, 2 EITH TERPINENE-4-OL AND IN EACH CASE 1 WITH P-CYMENE AS WELL PHELLANDRENE. PRODUCTS WITH LOWER CONCENTRATIONS OF TEA TREE OIL POSSIBLY CAUSES LESS SENSITIZATION THAN THE APPLICATION OF UNDILUTED TEA TREE OIL. LOCAL IRRIATION HAS OCCURRED IN RARE CASES DEPENDING ON THE CONCENTRATION OF TEA TREE OIL. |
| Dose amount | 1.0% |
| Number | 8 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | ESSENTIAL OIL |