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Hair restorer containing vetiver grass extract

Patent 6193976 Issued on February 27, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject May 25, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 318665 filed on 05/25/1999

US Classes:

424/750, Containing or obtained from Gramineae (e.g., bamboo, corn, or grasses such as grain products including wheat, rice, rye, barley, oat, etc.)424/70.1, LIVE HAIR OR SCALP TREATING COMPOSITIONS (NONTHERAPEUTIC)424/74, Plant extract of undetermined constitution514/880HAIR TREATMENT (THERAPEUTIC-SCALP)

Examiners

Primary: Tate, Christopher R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 07061918 JP. 03/08/1995

International Classes

A61K 035/78
A61K 007/06

Abstract

The present invention includes methods for the treatment and/or prevention of hair loss and methods for the regeneration or restoration of hair growth comprising a step of identifying an individual suffering from or susceptible to hair loss or hair thinning or in need of hair regeneration, and a step of administering an extract of the root of a Vetiver grass. Preferably, the extract is an aqueous extract and is administered topically. Also preferably, the Vetiver grass is a subspecies of Vetiveria zizanioides, and is most preferably Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash. The present invention also provides a composition, preferably in the from of a lotion, gel, cream, or other suspension, and a distinct chemical compound or class of chemical compounds therein, effective in restoring hair growth, preventing hair loss, and/or reversing the effects of hair thinning. The composition may include an effective amount of a hair loss preventative or hair growth promoting composition isolatable as an extract of the roots of a Vetiver grass, together with a pharmaceutically-acceptable topical carrier other than water.

Other References

  • Grimshaw, R.G., The Role of Vetiver Grass in Sustaining Agricultural Productivity, 10 pp. date not disclosed
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