Menz J, Rossi E R, Taylor W C, Wall L
Contact Dermatitis. 1986 Sep;15(3):126-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1986.tb01311.x.
Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' is an Australian hybrid plant which may cause allergic contact dermatitis. Over the past 8 years, it has been planted extensively in Australia and is now being exported to the United States and other Western countries. Recently, an explosion in incidence of contact dermatitis due to this plant has been seen. 24 patients who were suspected of being sensitive to it were patch tested to fresh plant and extracts with confirmation of sensitivity. A cross sensitivity to Toxicodendron was demonstrated clinically and on patch testing. The allergen in Toxicodendron, 3 pentadecylcatechol, is closely linked in chemical structure to 5-pentadecylresorcinol, present in Grevillea banksii and tridecylresorcinol in Grevillea robusta. Patch testing in patients sensitive to Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' with tridecylresorcinol produced positive reactions, thus implicating the sensitizing rôle of long chain alkyl resorcinols in Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' allergy. There is a likelihood that this sensitizing potential extends to other plants of the Grevillea genus, e.g., Grevillea robusta. With the spread of Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' to other markets, this problem will become increasingly common.
银桦‘罗宾·戈登’是一种澳大利亚杂交植物，可能会引起过敏性接触性皮炎。在过去8年里，它已在澳大利亚广泛种植，目前正出口到美国和其他西方国家。最近，因这种植物导致的接触性皮炎发病率激增。对24名疑似对其敏感的患者进行了新鲜植物和提取物的斑贴试验，证实了其敏感性。临床上和斑贴试验均显示对漆树有交叉敏感性。漆树中的过敏原3-十五烷基儿茶酚在化学结构上与银桦中的5-十五烷基间苯二酚以及大叶银桦中的十三烷基间苯二酚密切相关。对‘罗宾·戈登’银桦敏感的患者用十三烷基间苯二酚进行斑贴试验产生了阳性反应，因此表明长链烷基间苯二酚在‘罗宾·戈登’银桦过敏中起致敏作用。这种致敏潜力有可能扩展到银桦属的其他植物，如大叶银桦。随着‘罗宾·戈登’银桦向其他市场的传播，这个问题将变得越来越普遍。
