Mouse Models for the Study of Human Hair Loss

October 1996 in “ Dermatologic Clinics ”

John P. Sundberg, Lloyd E. King

Studysummary In this study, a methanol extract of Eclipta alba was found to have dose-dependent hair growth-promoting activity in C57BL6 mice.

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