ISSN:
1600-0536
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
5.7-dimethoxyeoumarin and isopimpinellin, together with the well-known phototoxic, photo-irritant furanocoumarins psoralen and 8-methoxypsoralen, were isolated and identified from leaves and fruits of pelea anisata H. Mann, a plant whose fruit arc used in the construction of mohikana leis used in parts of the Hawaiian Islands, The presence of presence of phototoxic furanocoumarins would explain the occurrence of photodermatitis in the wearers of the leis.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0536.1985.tb01105.x