Exploring the Mechanism of Platycladi Cacumen in Intervening Androgenetic Alopecia Based on Network Pharmacology, Molecular Docking, and Molecular Dynamics Simulation

    February 2026 in “ Scientific Reports ”
    Jianing Liu, Hexiang Mei, Chuanpeng Ren, Yanyun Ma
    Studysummary This study predicted that key components of Platycladi Cacumen, such as quercetin and apigenin, may have stable binding interactions with targets involved in androgenetic alopecia.
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