Tsumura Elucidates That White Mulberry Extract May Help Prevent Hair
Loss


By Aki Tsukioka, JCN Staff Writer, Sept 16, 2005 Print | Email


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Tokyo (JCN) - Japan's leading kampo (Chinese herbal medicine)
manufacturer Tsumura announced on September 13 the results of its
latest research on white mulberry (Morus alba), a kind of Chinese
herbal medicine.

According to its recent mice experiments, an extract of white
mulberry has a property to inhibit the binding of TGF-beta 1
receptors so that it can help prevent hair loss.

It is generally considered that the binding of TGF-beta 1 receptors
induces apoptosis of hair follicle cells and triggers hair loss.

Details of the research will be presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting
of the Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy to be held in Kanazawa from
September 16. Tsumura will proceed with further research with a view
to developing innovative hair-growth drug using white mulberry.