Extracts and compounds from Ficus benghalensis for increasing hair growth and decreasing hair loss
Assignee8583765 Canada Inc.
InventorsAntonio Armani, Sara Armani, Charitha Seneviratne, Reza Nazari
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Abstract
This application discloses natural product extracts and compounds from an aerial root of a Ficus plant, such as Ficus benghalensis. The application also discloses the use of natural product extracts and compounds from Ficus plants for increasing hair growth and decreasing hair loss. Methods of producing the extracts and isolating the compounds are further disclosed.
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A method of producing a composition, useful as a hair growth increasing agent and/or a hair loss decreasing agent, said method comprising:
- (a) extracting an aerial root portion of a Ficus plant with n-hexane to obtain a n-hexane fraction,
- (b) partitioning the n-hexane fraction with chloroform to obtain a chloroform partitioned fraction;
- (c) loading the chloroform partitioned fraction into a chromatography column,
- (d) eluting the chloroform partitioned fraction through sequential elution using solvent mixtures from 100% hexane to 100% chloroform to 100% methanol to obtain a plurality of sub-fractions, and
- (e) collecting and combining the plurality of sub-fractions to obtain the composition.
A composition useful as a hair growth increasing agent and/or a hair loss decreasing agent obtained by:
- (a) extracting an aerial root portion of a Ficus plant with n-hexane to obtain a n-hexane fraction,
- (b) partitioning the n-hexane fraction with chloroform to obtain a chloroform partitioned fraction;
- (c) loading the chloroform partitioned fraction into a chromatography column,
- (d) eluting the chloroform partitioned fraction through sequential elution using solvent mixtures from 100% hexane to 100% chloroform to 100% methanol to obtain a plurality of sub-fractions, and
- (e) collecting and combining the plurality of sub-fractions to obtain the composition.
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