AN UNUSUAL CASE OF MULTIPLE FOOD ALLERGIES COMORBID WITH MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY: A CASE REPORT

Veronica Storino,1 Juliana Muñoz-Ortiz,2 Valeria Villabona-Martinez,3 Juan Diego Villamizar-Sanjuán,3 William Rojas-Carabali,3 Alejandra de-la-Torre3 1Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia; 2Escuela Barraquer, Research Group, Escuela Superior de Oftalmología, Instituto Barraquer de Améric

Abstract Background Rhynchophylline (RHY) is an alkaloid component of Uncaria, which are plants extensively used in traditional Asian medicines.Uncaria treatments increase sleep time and quality in humans, and RHY induces sleep in rats.However, like many traditional natural treatments, the mechanisms of action of RHY and Uncaria remain evasive.More