Food-Related Botanical Cacumen Platycladi Alleviates Androgenetic Alopecia Through Activating The Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway

    September 2026 in “ Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture ”
    Lei Gong, Zhenghang Wang, Hao Chen … Yan Chen
    Studysummary This study found that amentoflavone is the main compound in Cacumen Platycladi responsible for its anti-alopecia effects, linked to activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in a mouse model.
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