Role of Para-Aminobenzoic Acid in Vitamin B-Complex Studies with Mice

    October 1941 in “ Experimental Biology and Medicine
    G. J. Martin, S. Ansbacher
    TLDR PABA helps prevent gray hair and hair loss in mice.
    Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) has been identified as having anti-gray-hair activity in mice, specifically in cases of nutritional achromotrichia. Additionally, PABA is a necessary dietary component for demonstrating the anti-alopecia effects of inositol.
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