Natural Products and Their Derivatives as Candidate Treatments for Hair Greying: From Drug Discovery to Molecular Mechanisms

    February 2026 in “ Chinese Medicine ”
    Chaoying Zhu, Yuan Gao, Haiying Gong, Jiabo Wang
    Studysummary Natural products might help treat hair greying.
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