title: Contact dermatitis as an adverse reaction to some topically used European herbal medicinal products - part 2: Echinacea purpurea-Lavandula angustifolia.
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 2: Echinacea purpurea Moench-Lavandula angustifolia Mill.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy; Operative Unit of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico 'G. Martino', Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy; Institute of Clinical Physiology, IFC CNR, Messina Unit, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Sebastiano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gangemi
authors.forename: Paola L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Minciullo
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miroddi
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chinou
authors.forename: Gioacchino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calapai
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D020900:Echinacea / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005060:Europe; D029501:Hamamelis / Q000009:adverse effects; D035981:Hedera / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D027582:Humulus / Q000009:adverse effects; D020902:Hypericum / Q000009:adverse effects; D018653:Juniperus / Q000009:adverse effects; D027523:Lavandula / Q000009:adverse effects*; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D028321:Plant Preparations
keywords: Echinacea purpurea; Hamamelis virginiana; Hedera helix; Humulus lupulus; Hypericum perforatum; Juniperus communis; Lavandula angustifolia; adverse drug reaction; contact dermatitis; herbal medicine; phytodermatitis