Hair Care Product

Abstract

With an object of discovering a substance having a testosterone 5α-reductase inhibiting action, a hair papilla cell growth promoting action, a fibroblast growth factor-7 production promoting action, a vascular endothelial growth factor production promoting action or a bone morphogenetic protein-2 production promoting action, and of providing a hair care product having this substance blended therein, and a hair growth tonic, a testosterone 5α-reductase inhibitor, a hair papilla cell growth promoter, a fibroblast growth factor-7 production promoter, a vascular endothelial growth factor production promoter and a bone morphogenetic protein-2 production promoter each having this substance as an active ingredient thereof, a hair care product of the present invention is made to contain corosolic acid therein, and each of a hair growth tonic, a testosterone 5α-reductase inhibitor, a hair papilla cell growth promoter, a fibroblast growth factor-7 production promoter, a vascular endothelial growth factor production promoter and a bone morphogenetic protein-2 production promoter of the present invention is made to contain corosolic acid as an active ingredient thereof.

1 . A hair care product characterized by containing corosolic acid therein. 
     
     
         2 . A hair growth tonic characterized by containing corosolic acid as an active ingredient thereof. 
     
     
         3 . A testosterone 5α-reductase inhibitor characterized by containing corosolic acid as an active ingredient thereof. 
     
     
         4 . A hair papilla cell growth promoter characterized by containing corosolic acid as an active ingredient thereof. 
     
     
         5 . A fibroblast growth factor-7 production promoter characterized by containing corosolic acid as an active ingredient thereof. 
     
     
         6 . A vascular endothelial growth factor production promoter characterized by containing corosolic acid as an active ingredient thereof. 
     
     
         7 . A bone morphogenetic protein-2 production promoter characterized by containing corosolic acid as an active ingredient thereof.