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. 2022 Nov 11;12(11):1856. doi: 10.3390/life12111856

Table 2.

Each natural plant for improving hair loss.

Chemical Name
(Active Material)
Cell or Animal Type Working Concentration Molecular Targets
or Effects
References
Aconitie ciliare tuber Human
immortalized DPCs
RvDP
C57BL/6 mice
5–50 μg/mL
10 mg/mL
↑ Wnt/β-catenin
↑ ALP
[60]
Centipeda minima (L.) (CMX) A. Braun and Asch Human DPCs 0–12.5 μg/mL ↑ Wnt5a, Frizzled, VEGF
↑ ERK, JNK
[61]
Ginkgo biloba extract
(Ginkgolide B and bilobalide)
Human DPCs 0–100 μM ↑ Akt, ERK
↑ β-catenin
↓ DKK1
[62,63,64]
Malva verticillata
(Linoleic acid and oleic acid
in n-hexane)
Human DPCs 20 μg/mL ↑ Wnt/β-catenin
↑ IGF-1, KGF,
↑ VEGF, HGF
↓ DKK1
[65,66]
Polynesian cosmetopoeia, 
Bidens pilosa, Calophyllum inophyllum, and Fagraea berteroana
Human DPCs 0–12.5 μg/mL ↑ Wnt/β-catenin
↓ DKK1, TGF β
[67]
Polygonum multiflorum extract C57BL6/N mice 4.7 mg/12 cm2 ↑ Shh
↑ β-catenin
[68,69]
Prunus mira Koehne C57BL/6 mice Crude oil 15.06–60.26 mg/cm2/day ↑ Wnt 10b/β-catenin [70]
Red ginseng oil
(RGO)
C57BL/6 mice 10% ↑ Wnt/β-catenin
↑ Lef-1, Shh/Gli1
↑ Cyclin D1, E
↓ TGF-β
[71]
Salvia plebeia (SP) R. Brown (Labiatae) Human DPCs
C57BL/6 mice
0–31.3 μg/mL
1000 μg/mL
↑ Wnt/β-catenin
↑ Akt, ERK
↑ HGF
↓ TGFβ, SMAD2/3
[72]
Shallot (Allium ascalonicum L.) Human DPCs 0.1 mg/mL ↑ Wnt/β-catenin
↑ VEGF
↑ Shh, SMO, Gil1
[73]
Thuja orientalis C57BL6/N mice 5.05 mg/12 cm2/day ↑ Wnt/β-catenin
↑ Shh
[74]
Watercress Ex vivo
organ culture of human hair follicles
44 male subjects with AGA
2% WCE-containing Lotion (twice daily for 6 months) ↑ R-spondin 1
↓ DKK1
↑ hair
thickness (diameter)
↑ hair density
[75]

Dermal papillar cells (DPCs), Sonic hedgehog (Shh), Rat vibrissa dermal papilla cells (RvDP), Red ginseng oil (RGO), Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF), Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), Insulin growth factor (IGF-1), “↑” increased; “↓” decreased.