title: Contact dermatitis as an adverse reaction to some topically used European herbal medicinal products - part 1: Achillea millefolium-Curcuma longa.
abstract: This review focuses on contact dermatitis as an adverse effect of a selection of topically used herbal medicinal products for which the European Medicines Agency has completed an evaluation up to the end of November 2013 and for which a Community herbal monograph has been produced. Part 1: Achillea millefolium L.-Curcuma longa L.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy; Operative Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico 'G. Martino', 98125 Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Gioacchino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calapai
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miroddi
authors.forename: Paola L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Minciullo
authors.forename: Achille P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Caputi
authors.forename: Sebastiano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gangemi
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D031162:Achillea / Q000009:adverse effects; D031319:Aesculus / Q000009:adverse effects; D000504:Aloe / Q000009:adverse effects; D031170:Arctium / Q000009:adverse effects; D020838:Calendula / Q000009:adverse effects; D002935:Cinnamomum zeylanicum / Q000009:adverse effects; D029744:Commiphora / Q000009:adverse effects; D030024:Curcuma / Q000009:adverse effects; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000009:adverse effects; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D028321:Plant Preparations
keywords: Achillea millefolium; Aesculus hippocastanum; Aloe spp; Arctium lappa; Calendula officinalis; Cinnamomum verum; Commiphora spp; Curcuma longa; contact allergy; contact dermatitis; herbal medicine; phytodermatitis