Sentences with phrase «of urushiol»

Unlike walnuts, pistachios, and other popular nuts, you'll never find cashews sold in their shells as the shells contain high levels of urushiol — the same oily irritant found in poison ivy leaves.

«The fertilization effect of rising CO2 on poison ivy... and the shift toward a more allergenic form of urushiol have important implications for the future health of both humans and forests,» the study concludes.

Not exact matches

Other areas of the body that break out later probably had less contact or is an area of skin that is less reactive to urushiol, perhaps because the skin is thicker in that area of the body.

All parts of the plant contain a toxic resin called urushiol that causes skin and mucous membrane irritation to humans.

The sap of all three plants contains urushiol, a chemical that triggers rashes, blisters, and itching.

You can even inhale urushiol if, say, you mow over a large patch of poison ivy in your yard, Dr. Ogunleye adds.

You can also get a poison ivy rash from touching an object (such as a piece of clothing) that has urushiol oil on it.

The main sign of poison ivy is a raised red rash where your skin has touched urushiol oil.

About 15 % of people are immune to urushiol oil and wouldn't know if they had a close encounter with a poison ivy plant.

If urushiol oil from a plant does gets on your skin, it could spread to other parts of your body if you touch the oil with your fingers then touch another part of your body.

A poison ivy rash may also show up on different parts of your body at different times depending on how much urushiol oil landed on certain areas.

A significant percentage of people are sensitive to urushiol, and in those people, eating mangos can lead to the inflammatory skin disease dermatitis.