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July 2015 in “Current Drug Discovery Technologies” This review discusses various plants and herbal formulations traditionally used for hair growth and notes their potential as safer alternatives to synthetic hair loss treatments, but reports no new clinical results.
June 2025 in “JURNAL BIOLOGI TROPIS” This review found that secondary metabolites from herbal plants, including flavonoids and alkaloids, show potential in promoting hair growth through mechanisms like anagen phase prolongation and enzyme inhibition, but more clinical trials are needed to confirm their efficacy.
This article reviews current and prospective treatments for androgenetic alopecia, noting that minoxidil is the only approved topical therapy; it reports no new clinical results.
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January 2009 This article reviews the development of a topical hair growth agent using natural extracts and reports no new clinical results, emphasizing the need for further evaluation of its efficacy.
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February 2006 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This study found that growth hormone significantly reduced radiation-induced skin damage in rats compared to radiation alone, suggesting potential for mitigating such effects in cancer patients.