Method for regulating hair growth

A method for regulating hair growth comprising the administration to a human of a composition comprising about 0.00001% to about 99.9% of a compound selected from the group consisting of:

• a) lupane triterpenes having the structure:
• 18
• Where R1 is either
• 1) connected to the ring system via a single bond, either α- or β-configuration, and is selected from the group consisting of:
• H, OH, R4, OR4, OCOR4, OCOOR4, OCONHR4, or OCON(R4)2:
• halogen where R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of a) cyclic, straight chain or branched chain, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups containing from 1-20 carbons, where the alkyl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of:
• i) halogens, ii) substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups comprising from 1 to 5 rings with or without heteroatoms, which heteroatoms are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, where the aryl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogens, alkyl groups, OH, OR4, OCOR4, OCOOR4, OCONHR4, or OCON(R4)2 iii) OH, iv) OR4, v) OCOR4, vi) OCOOR4, vii) OCONHR4, or viii) OCON(R4)2 and b) substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups comprising from 1 to 5 rings with or without heteroatoms, which heteroatoms are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, where the aryl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogens, alkyl groups, OH, OR4, OCOR4, OCOOR4, OCONHR4, or OCON(R4)2), or
• 2) connected to the ring system via a double bond and is selected from the group consisting of a) oxygen, b) sulfur and c) R4,
• Where R2 is selected from the group consisting of:
• CH3, CH2OH, CH2OR4, CHO, CO2H, CO2R4, COHNR4, CON(R4)2, CH2OCOR4 where R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of a) cyclic straight chain or branched chain saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups containing from 1-20 carbons, where the alkyl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of:
• i) halogens, ii) substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups comprising from 1 to 5 rings with or without heteroatoms, which heteroatoms are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, where the aryl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogens, alkyl groups, OH, OR4, OCOR4, OCOOR4, OCONHR4, or OCON(R4)2 iii) OH, iv) OR4, v) OCOR4, vi) OCOOR4, vii) OCONHR4, or viii) OCON(R4)2 and b) substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups comprising from 1 to 5 rings with or without heteroatoms, which heteroatoms are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, where the aryl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogens, alkyl groups, OH, OR4, OCOR4, OCOOR4, OCONHR4, or OCON(R4)2,
• And where R3 is selected from the group consisting of C(CH3)═CH2, CH(CH3)2, COCH3, CH(OH)CH3, CH2CH3, C(R5)(CH3)CH2R5, or C(CH3)2R5, CH(CH3)CH2R5, where R5 is selected from the group consisting of OH and a halogen,
• b) compounds having the structure:
• 19
• where R1 is selected from the following groups:
• CH3, CH2OH, CH2OR4, CHO, CO2H, CO2R4, COHNR4, CON(R4)2, CH2OCOR4 where R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of 1) cyclic, straight chain or branched chain, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups containing from 1-20 carbons, where the alkyl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of:
• a) halogens, b) substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups comprising from 1 to 5 rings with or without heteroatoms, which heteroatoms are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, where the aryl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogens, alkyl groups, OH, OR4, OCOR4, OCOOR4, OCONHR4, or OCON(R4)2 c) OH, d) OR4, e) OCOR4, f) OCOOR4, g) OCONHR4, or h) OCON(R4)2 and 2) substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups comprising from 1 to 5 rings with or without heteroatoms, which heteroatoms are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, where the aryl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogens, alkyl groups, OH, OR4, OCOR4, OCOOR4, OCONHR4, or OCON(R4)2);
• where R2=CH3 or H,
• where R3=CH3 or H, and
• where R4=CH3 or H;
• and
• c) compounds having the structure:
• 20
• Where R1 is either
• 1) connected to the ring system via a single bond, either α- or β-configuration, and is selected from the group consisting of:
• H, OH, R4, OR4, OCOR4, OCOOR4, OCONHR4, or OCON(R4)2:
• halogen where R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of a) cyclic, straight chain or branched chain, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups containing from 1-20 carbons, where the alkyl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of:
• i) halogens, ii) substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups comprising from 1 to 5 rings with or without heteroatoms, which heteroatoms are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, where the aryl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogens, alkyl groups, OH, OR4, OCOR4, OCOOR4, OCONHR4, or OCON(R4)2 iii) OH, iv) OR4, v) OCOR4, vi) OCOOR4, vii) OCONHR4, or viii) OCON(R4)2 and b) substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups comprising from 1 to 5 rings with or without heteroatoms, which heteroatoms are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, where the aryl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogens, alkyl groups, OH, OR4, OCOR4, OCOOR4, OCONHR4, or OCON(R4)2), or
• 2) connected to the ring system via a double bond and is selected from the group consisting of a) oxygen, b) sulfur and c) R4, and
• Where R2 is selected from the group consisting of:
• CH3, CH2OH, CH2OR4, CHO, CO2H, CO2R4, COHNR4, CON(R4)2, CH2OCOR4 where R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of a) cyclic, straight chain or branched chain, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl groups containing from 1-20 carbons, where the alkyl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of:
• i) halogens, ii) substituted or unsubstituted aryl groups comprising from 1 to 5 rings with or without heteroatoms, which heteroatoms are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, where the aryl group, if substituted, is substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of halogens, alkyl groups, OH, OR4, OCOR4, OCOOR4, OCONHR4, or OCON(R4)2 iii) OH, iv), OR4, v) OCOR4, vi) OCOOR4, vii) OCONHR4, or viii) OCON(R4)2
• d) salts of the acid forms of (a), (b) or (c);
• and
• e) mixtures of (a), (b), (c) Or (d).