摘要 |
This invention relates to a process for stimulating the growth of mammalian hair comprising the application to mammalian skin of a compound of the formula: <IMAGE> Formula I wherein R1 is a moiety selected from the group consisting of moieties of the formula <IMAGE> wherein R3 and R4 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower aralkyl, and lower cycloalkyl, and taken together R3 and R4 may be a heterocyclic moiety selected from the group consisting of aziridinyl, azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidino, hexahydroazepinyl, heptamethylenimino, octamethylenimino, morpholino, and 4-lower-alkylpiperazinyl, each of said heterocyclic moieties having attached as substituents on the carbon atoms 0-3 lower alkyl groups, hydroxy or alkoxy wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkoxyalkyl, lower cycloalkyl, lower aryl, lower aralkyl, lower alkaryl, lower alkaralkyl, lower alkoxyaralkyl, and lower haloaralkyl and the pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof in association with a topical pharmaceutical carrier.
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