Using a Natural Clay Mineral as an Active Drug Carrier to Promote Hair Growth

    December 2025 in “ Pharmaceuticals ”
    Z. LIU, Wenhua Huang, Shanhua Xu … Longquan Pi
    Studysummary This study found that a natural illite-based carrier could deliver minoxidil topically with preserved efficacy, minimizing solvent toxicity, and showed hair-growth-promoting activity via anti-inflammatory and pro-proliferative mechanisms in mice.
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