It is also commonly mixed with henna (leaves of lawsonia alba) in Africa, Middle East and Indian subcontinent, which is traditionally applied to color palms of hands, soles and feet and to dye hair a dark red shade. 3-5 PPD causes contact dermatitis in susceptible individuals 6 , but when ingested, it causes acute angioedema of face and neck rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure. 1-5 A case re...

A 6-year-old boy developed a skin eruption 10 days after application of a temporary tattoo advertised as a "natural black henna tattoo." The eruption was a delayed hypersensitivity reaction to the tattoo ink. The textile dye paraphenylenediamine (PPD) is a common industrial allergen and can be found in some temporary tattoo inks. This case describes the reaction and reviews the international li...

The immunomodulatory bioassay-guided fractionation of the methanolic extract of henna (Lawsonia inermis L.; syn. Lawsonia alba L.) leaves resulted in the isolation of seven compounds; three have been isolated for the first time from the genus, namely p-coumaric acid, 2-methoxy-3-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone and apiin, along with the previously isolated compounds: lawsone, apigenin, luteolin, and c...

Regarding the therapeutic effects and traditional applications of henna, it was tried to isolate and purify Lawsone from the leaves of henna marketed in Ahwaz city of Iran by various methods of maceration and Soxhlet extraction techniques in different polar and non-polar solvents. Maceration of the powdered leaves in hot water with stirring for around 6 hours was carried out followed by additio...

A 20-year-old female dental assistant experienced an acute dermatitis at the site of a temporary ‘henna’ tattoo that had been applied 3 days earlier. It transpired that ‘henna’ tattoos had been applied on previous occasions. After the above episode, she subsequently developed eczematous reactions on the face, neck and upper back within a few days of dyeing her hair with dark brown or black colo...

The present study elucidates the preliminary phytochemical analysis and High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) fingerprint analysis of lawsone extract of the leaves of Lawsonia inermis (henna) and evaluates their regions and products based quantitative estimations. The lawsone content has been evaluated quantitatively in two plants samples collected from Rewa and Bhopal and one comm...