HAIR GROWTH STIMULANTS, PERCUTANEOUS PREPARATIONS AND METHOD OF STIMULATING HAIR GROWTH

摘要

Pharmaceutical composition (A), useful as a hair growth stimulant, comprises a choline esterase inhibitor. ACTIVITY : None given. Administration of a tape (4 cm x 3 cm) comprising donepezil hydrochloride (10 mg), Aerosil 200 (1 mg), cetyl lactate (5 mg) and Nicadole TS-620 (84 mg) to the shaved back of rats after 3 days gave considerable hair growth (3-4 mm) in 2/3 rats as tape peeled off third rat. No hair growth was observed in the control group. MECHANISM OF ACTION : Choline esterase inhibitor.