Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Hair Loss and the Suggested Mechanisms
| Autor: | Rong-Rong Pan, Xiao-Qin Li, Li-Jun Zhang, Yu-Li Shen, Wei Yue, Hong Zhang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Cosmetics Hair transplant Hair growth 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Drug Discovery medicine Humans Medicine Chinese Traditional Medicinal plants Adverse effect media_common Pharmacology Biological Products Plants Medicinal integumentary system Medical treatment business.industry Alopecia medicine.disease Dermatology 030104 developmental biology Hair loss Drug development business Drugs Chinese Herbal |
| Zdroj: | Current pharmaceutical design. 24(26) |
| ISSN: | 1873-4286 |
| Popis: | Hair loss may not be recognized as a life-threatening disorder. However, it has a great harm to a person’s self-respect, mental health, and entirety quality of life. Androgenic alopecia (AGA) is the most common type of hair loss, which affects a great number of both men and women. Alopecia can be treated with various hair loss strategies, including hair transplant, cosmetics and medication. Medical treatment shows the outstanding ability in improving hair growth. Plenty of drugs prevents alopecia by inhibiting the secretion of male hormone. But these medicines exhibit some undesirable side effects. Since hair loss requires a long-term treatment and minimizing adverse side effects is extremely urgent in drug development. Accordingly, new agents are obtained from natural products with less adverse effects. Traditional Chinese medicines exhibit unique advantages in hair loss treatment. This review generalizes and analyzes the recent progress of medicinal plants for the treatment of hair loss, suggested mechanisms and outlines a number of trials taken or underway to optimize the treatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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