Patent ID: 7320967
Filing Date: 2008-01-22
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q

Abstract:
1. A method for stimulating or inducing the growth and/or reducing the loss and/or increasing the density and/or reducing the heterogeneity of the diameter of keratinous fibers in a human being in need of same, said method comprising administering an effective amount at least one 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) inhibitor, or an effective amount of a composition comprising at least one 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) inhibitor and a cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable medium, to said human being, wherein said at least one 15-PGDH inhibitor is at least one tetrazole compound of formula (I) or (II): or an inorganic or organic salt thereof, in which: each of R R R each of A each of A each of A each of R