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- Title
Hair growth-promoting activity of hot water extract of Thuja orientalis.
- Authors
Nan-nan Zhang; Dong Ki Park; Hye-Jin Park
- Abstract
Background: Thuja orientalis has been traditionally used to treat patients who suffer from baldness and hair loss in East Asia. The present study sought to investigate the hair growth-promoting activity of T. orientalis hot water extract and the underlying mechanism of action. Methods: After T. orientalis extract was topically applied to the shaved dorsal skin of telogenic C57BL/6 N mice, the histomorphometric analysis was employed to study induction of the hair follicle cycle. To determine the effect of T. orientalis extract on the telogen to anagen transition, the protein expression levels of β-catenin and Sonic hedgehog (Shh) in hair follicles were determined by immunohistochemistry. Results: We observed that T. orientalis extract promoted hair growth by inducing the anagen phase in telogenic C57BL/6 N mice. Specifically, the histomorphometric analysis data indicates that topical application of T. orientalis extract induced an earlier anagen phase and prolonged the mature anagen phase, in contrast to either the control or 1% minoxidil-treated group. We also observed increases in both the number and size of hair follicles of the T. orientalis extract-treated group. Moreover, the immunohistochemical analysis reveals earlier induction of β-catenin and Shh proteins in hair follicles of the T. orientalis extract-treated group, compared to the control or 1% minoxidil-treated group. Conclusion: These results suggest that T. orientalis extract promotes hair growth by inducing the anagen phase in resting hair follicles and might therefore be a potential hair growth-promoting agent.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTIC use of plant extracts; ANALYSIS of variance; ANIMAL experimentation; BALDNESS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE studies; HAIR follicles; HEAT; HIGH performance liquid chromatography; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICINAL plants; MICE; MINOXIDIL; T-test (Statistics); CUTANEOUS therapeutics; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PLANT extracts; SOLID phase extraction; DATA analysis software
- Publication
BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
1472-6882
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1472-6882-13-9