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. 2022 Nov 18;11(4):194–201. doi: 10.1007/s13671-022-00379-0

Table 4.

Common causes of non-immunologic contact urticaria reported in the literature [2]

Category Examples
Animals and their derivatives

- Caterpillars

- Moths

- Sea anemone

- Coral

Drugs

- Capsaicin

- Chloroform

- Dimethyl sulfoxide

- Nicotinic acid esters

- Tar extracts

- Tincture of benzoin

Food and food additives

- Some fish products

- Runner bean

- Tomato

- Benzaldehyde

- Cinnamic acid

- Menthol

- Vanillin

- Cayenne pepper

Fragrances

- Anisyl alcohol

- Cassia oil

- Coumarin

- Eugenol

- Geraniol

- Hydroxycitronellal

- Benzophenone-3

- Resorcinol

Other chemicals and metals

- Naphtha

- Sulfur

Plants and their derivatives

- Nettle

- Turpentine

Preservatives

- Benzyl alcohol

- Bronopol

- Camphor

- Chlorocresol

- Sodium benzoate

- Sorbic acid