February 2023 in “JEADV Clinical Practice” This case report describes a girl with uncombable hair syndrome who showed significant improvement in hair combability and growth rate after two cycles of oral biotin supplementation.
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July 2007 in “Organic Process Research & Development” This study optimized the reaction conditions for the stereoselective hydrogenation of a compound used in manufacturing finasteride and dutasteride, improving the selectivity for the desired isomer.
January 1999 in “Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science” This study explored the effects of biotin and malate supplementation on hair follicle viability and enzyme activity in cultured cells, but it reports no new results.
January 2002 in “Chinese Journal of Pharmaceuticals” This study reports the preparation of a key intermediate for finasteride and epristeride with a 69% overall yield from pregnenolone acetate.
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January 2009 in “Sen'i Gakkaishi” This study found that using a bicomponent reduction system with TGA and DTDG for hair straightening limited hair damage by forming only thiol groups, while a TGA-only system formed more damaging mixed disulfide groups.