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Hair Loss/Development Composition Has Phellandrene as Active Ingredient

US Patent & Trademark Office awards Korea's Yonsei University with a patent for its composition that can be applied topically and ingested.

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By: Christine Esposito

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US Patent No. 11,904,038 B2 (Tae Sun Park); Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University, Seoul, has patented a method for preventing or treating hair loss, or promoting hair development or hair growth that entails administering a composition including α-phellandrene or β-phellandrene or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The patent states that the composition can also be taken orally. Phellandrene is an essential oil component of various plants...

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