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:
• ##STR18## Where R.sup.1 is either 1) connected to the ring system via a single bond, either .alpha.- or .beta.-configuration, and is selected from the group consisting of:
• H, OH, R.sup.4, OR.sup.4, OCOR.sup.4, OCOOR.sup.4, OCONHR.sup.4, or OCON(R.sup.4).sub.2 :
• halogen where R.sup.4 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, OR.sup.4, OCOR.sup.4, OCOOR.sup.4, OCONHR.sup.4, or OCON(R.sup.4).sub.2 iii) OH, iv) OR.sup.4, v) OCOR.sup.4, vi) OCOOR.sup.4, vii) OCONHR.sup.4, or viii) OCON(R.sup.4).sub.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, OR.sup.4, OCOR.sup.4, OCOOR.sup.4, OCONHR.sup.4, or OCON(R.sup.4).sub.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) R.sup.4,
• Where R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of:
• CH.sub.3, CH.sub.2 OH, CH.sub.2 OR.sup.4, CHO, CO.sub.2 H, CO.sub.2 R.sup.4, COHNR.sup.4, CON(R.sup.4).sub.2, CH.sub.2 OCOR.sup.4 where R.sup.4 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, OR.sup.4, OCOR.sup.4, OCOOR.sup.4, OCONHR.sup.4, or OCON(R.sup.4).sub.2 iii) OH, iv) OR.sup.4, v) OCOR.sup.4, vi) OCOOR.sup.4, vii) OCONHR.sup.4, or viii) OCON(R.sup.4).sub.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, OR.sup.4, OCOR.sup.4, OCOOR.sup.4, OCONHR.sup.4, or OCON(.sup.4).sub.2;
• And where R.sup.3 is selected from the group consisting of C(CH.sub.3).dbd.CH.sub.2, CH(CH.sub.3).sub.2, COCH.sub.3, CH(OH)CH.sub.3, CH.sub.2 CH.sub.3, C(R.sup.5)(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.2 R.sup.5, or C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 R.sup.5, CH(CH.sub.3)CH.sub.2 R.sup.5, where R.sup.5 is selected from the group consisting of OH and a halogen.