E se fosse l'Erica, l'ingrediente segreto?
1: Nat Med (Tokyo). 2009 Jul;63(3):335-9. Epub 2009 Mar 10.
Hair growth regulation by the extract of aromatic plant Erica multiflora.
Kawano M, Han J, Kchouk ME, Isoda H.
Alliance for Research on North Africa, Graduate School of Life and Environmental
Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572,
Japan.
Hair growth problems can affect human physical and mental health and are of
particular relevance during the aging process. In an effort to resolve such
problems, we attempted to find plants having hair growth regulation activity and
thus collected plant extracts from Tunisia for bioprospecting purposes. Among
them, we investigated the Erica multiflora extract to evaluate the hair growth
promotion activity by using the MTT
(3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide) assay and cell
cycle assay on human dermal papilla cells in vitro and an administration assay on
mouse dorsal skin in vivo. The results showed that the Erica multiflora extract
promotes dermal papilla cell growth and cell cycle with high activity, and
induced hair growth in vivo by induction of anagen phase from telogen phase.
PMID: 19267263 [PubMed - in process]
1: Nat Med (Tokyo). 2009 Jul;63(3):335-9. Epub 2009 Mar 10.
Hair growth regulation by the extract of aromatic plant Erica multiflora.
Kawano M, Han J, Kchouk ME, Isoda H.
Alliance for Research on North Africa, Graduate School of Life and Environmental
Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572,
Japan.
Hair growth problems can affect human physical and mental health and are of
particular relevance during the aging process. In an effort to resolve such
problems, we attempted to find plants having hair growth regulation activity and
thus collected plant extracts from Tunisia for bioprospecting purposes. Among
them, we investigated the Erica multiflora extract to evaluate the hair growth
promotion activity by using the MTT
(3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide) assay and cell
cycle assay on human dermal papilla cells in vitro and an administration assay on
mouse dorsal skin in vivo. The results showed that the Erica multiflora extract
promotes dermal papilla cell growth and cell cycle with high activity, and
induced hair growth in vivo by induction of anagen phase from telogen phase.
PMID: 19267263 [PubMed - in process]