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Title:
SCREENING METHOD FOR HAIR BULB ACTIVATING AGENT OR HAIR GROWTH PERIOD EXTENDING AGENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002062289
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a hair bulb activating agent or hair growth period extending agent screening method capable of reflecting the influence of interaction between a mesenchymal cell and an epithelial cell and simply and efficiently performing evaluation representing only the effect of an objective substance itself.

In this screening method for a hair bulb activating agent or a hair growth period extending agent, the objective substance is added to an organ culture of a hair follicle tissue, and after cultivation for a predetermined time, an Alamar Blue assay is carried out by using only the hair bulb part for evaluating a growth period maintaining/extending effect in a hair cycle of the objective substance.


Inventors:
MATSUDA YOKO
UCHIDA KIYOSHI
UEKI RIE
TSUBOI RYOJI
OGAWA HIDEOKI
Application Number:
JP2000254221A
Publication Date:
February 28, 2002
Filing Date:
August 24, 2000
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Assignee:
TOAGOSEI CO LTD
International Classes:
G01N33/50; C12Q1/02; C12Q1/68; G01N33/15; (IPC1-7): G01N33/15; C12Q1/02; C12Q1/68; G01N33/50