Patent ID: 6184252
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for inducing or stimulating hair growth and/or retarding hair loss on a mammalian subject in need of said treatment comprising topically applying to the hair and/or skin an effective amount of a cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition of matter, comprising a hair growth stimulating and/or hair loss retarding effective amount of at least one 2-amino-1,3-alkanediol compound having the structural formula (I) which compound induces hair growth and/or retards hair loss: ##STR5##in which R.sub.1 is a saturated, and optionally is a hydroxylated, linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having from 4 to 28 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or the radical: ##STR6##wherein R.sub.3 is a saturated or unsaturated, optionally hydroxylated, linear or branched hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 29 carbon atoms, wherein the hydroxyl group thereof is optionally esterified by a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched acyl radical having from 2 to 30 carbon atoms; and X is a hydrogen atom or the OH radical, or at least one optical isomer or diastereoisomer thereof, in a physiologically topically acceptable carrier medium therefor.