DERMATITIS FROM LEMON GRASS OIL (CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS OR ANDROPOGON CITRATUS)
1944; American Medical Association; Volume: 50; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/archderm.1944.01510130037010
ISSN1538-3652
Autores Tópico(s)Nail Diseases and Treatments
ResumoDermatitis has been reported from contact with many plants and grasses, but, to the best of my knowledge, there have been no reports in the literature of dermatitis caused by lemon grass oil. In the lists of cutaneous irritants, including those from tropical plants, prepared by J. C. White 1 and by Weber, 2 lemon grass oil does not appear. V. Pardo-Castello, in his report on dermatitis venenata due to tropical plants, 3 did not mention lemon grass oil, nor did Prosser White 4 record an instance of dermatitis due to this oil. Peck 5 stated that the Dermatoses Investigations Section of the United States Public Health Service has no information "about dermatitis from these grasses or their oils, including citronella." Lemon grass oil is described by the "Dispensatory of the United States of America" 6 as follows: It "is the oil distilled from Cymbopogon citratus, Stapf, and
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