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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
; 135(11): 478-80, 1991 Mar 16.
Artigo
em Holandês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2023655
RESUMO
The injudicious use of a systemically administered herb containing psoralens derived from the fruits of Ammi majus in combination with exposure of the skin to the sun caused a severe phototoxic dermatitis in a Moroccan patient with vitiligo. She was disappointed in the treatment by the dermatologist. A family member advised her to start the treatment with herbs. The identification of the herbs by microscopic, chromatographic and biological techniques demonstrated that they contained the linear furanocoumarins (psoralens) 5-MOP, 8-MOP and oxypeucedanin each in a concentration of approx. 1%. Because of the large immigrant population in our country we expect to see more cases in the future.