Hair-growing agent comprised of proanthocyanidins
AssigneeKyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomoya Takahashi, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Michio Kawamura, Yoshiharu Yokoo, Toshikazu Kamiya, Tatsuya Tamaoki
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Abstract
A hair-growing agent comprising proanthocyanidin as the active ingredient. The present invention provides a hair-growing agent having strong pharmaceutical effects.
Claims3
A method for stimulating hair growth in a mammal, which comprises applying to the skin of said mammal a proanthocyanidin comprising at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of epicatechin-(4.beta..fwdarw.8)-catechin, epicatechin-(4.beta..fwdarw.8)-epicatechin, catechin-(4.alpha..fwdarw.8)-catechin, epicatechin-(4.beta..fwdarw.6)-epicatechin, epicatechin-(4.beta..fwdarw.8)-epicatechin-(4.beta..fwdarw.8)-epicatechin, catechin-(4.alpha..fwdarw.8)-catechin-(4.alpha..fwdarw.8)-catechin, epicatechin-(4.beta..fwdarw.8)-epicatechin-(4.beta..fwdarw.8)-catechin and epicatechin-(4.beta..fwdarw.8)-epicatechin-(4.beta..fwdarw.6)-epicatechin, in an amount of 0.1 to 600 mg/adult/day until hair-growing is observed.
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