Dermatologic botany
By: edited by Javier Avalos and Howard I. Maibach.
Contributors: Avalos, Javier.; Maibach, Howard I.
Series: Dermatology : clinical and basic science series; Dermatology (CRC Press)
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
Subjects: Dermatitis -- etiology; Plants -- adverse effects; Plants, Toxic -- adverse effects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Introduction; title: ch. 2. Botanical heritage of dermatology; title: section I. Phytodermatoses. ch. 3. Etiology of adverse reactions to plants ; ch. 4. Diagnosis and patch testing of plant dermatitis ; ch. 5. Prevention of allergic contact dermatitis to plants ; ch. 6. Phytophotodermatoses; title: section II. ch. 7. Phytochemical procedures ; ch. 8. Botanical photoallergy; title: section III. Plant families responsible for the majority of dermatologic reactions. ch. 9. Toxic Anacardiaceae ; ch. 10. Araliaceae ; ch. 11. Asteraceae ; ch. 12. The pollen allergens of the Betulaceae ; ch. 13. Hydrophyllaceae ; ch. 14. Primulaceae ; ch. 15. Urticaceae; title: section IV. Other plant families. ch. 16. Agavaceae ; ch. 17. Algae ; ch. 18. Alstroemeriaceae ; ch. 19. Aristolochiaceae ; ch. 20. Bignoniaceae ; ch. 21. Bromeliaceae ; ch. 22. Lichens ; ch. 23. Verbenaceae; title: section V. Special topics. ch. 24. Allergic hardwoods ; ch. 25. Toxicodendron of the southern Pacific ; ch. 26. Spices.