Several studies have showed that oral application of Eucheuma cottonii (E. cottonii) extract have promotion effects on hair growth and wound healing in wounded SD rat. In this study, we evaluated effects of E. cottonii extract on hair growth (without wounded condition). To investigate the effect of E. cottonii extract on hair growth, 8-week-old  C57BL/6 mice and human hair follicles were used. E. cottonii extract promoted induction of anagen from telogen on C57BL/6 mice. This results suggest that E. cottonii may activate during telogen to anagen transition. Treatment with E. cottonii extract significantly increased the proliferation of human follicle dermal papilla cells (DPC). Moreover, it also stimulated hair shaft elongation in cultured human hair follicles. Collectively it may assume that E. cottonii has the capacity to promote the hair growth by modulating the DPC.

Hair growth promoting effects of <i>Eucheuma cottonii</i> extract

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Hair growth promoting effects of Eucheuma cottonii extract