A method for regulating the growth and loss of hair via the use of compositions containing a compound selected from the group consisting of lupane triterpenes, derivatives of lupane triterpenes, derivatives of oleanane triterpenes, derivatives of ursane triterpenes, and salts and mixtures thereof.
The present invention provides compositions and methods for the solubilization of poorly soluble drugs such as triterpenes like betulinic acid and/its derivatives in pharmaceutically acceptable liquid vehicles that avoid use of potentially toxic solvents that are often used for the solubilization of poorly soluble drugs. In the compositions of this invention the drugs remain physically and chemically stable and can be administered intravascularly without undue toxicity from undissolved drug and/or from the solvent vehicles at a drug dose meant to be effective to exhibit clinically significant anticancer activity.
Compositions to prevent or reduce hair loss, allowing the body to maintain normal, healthy hair growth, comprising a penetration enhancer together with a testosterone blocker or a vascular enhancer, or both.
A method for regulating the growth and loss of hair via the use of compositions containing a compound selected from the group consisting of lupane triterpenes, derivatives of lupane triterpenes, derivatives of oleanane triterpenes, derivatives of ursane triterpenes, and salts and mixtures thereof.
Pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating anxiety, comprising betulinic acid or derivatives thereof are provided. Methods for preventing or treating anxiety with betulinic acid or derivatives thereof are also provided. The invention further provides betulinic-acid containing preparations of plants of the family Marcgraviaceae having anxiolytic activity and methods for making such extracts and using them to prevent or treat anxiety in a subject.
