US 12,128,074 B2
External agent for hair growth or hair loss prevention
Takashi Shimada, Iga (JP); and Mamoru Kitamura, Iga (JP)
Assigned to NICHINICHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Iga (JP)
Appl. No. 17/291,341
Filed by NICHINICHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Iga (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/044000
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/096059, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-211211 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393708 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61K 35/744 (2015.01); A61K 8/99 (2017.01); A61P 17/14 (2006.01); A61Q 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 35/744 (2013.01) [A61K 8/99 (2013.01); A61P 17/14 (2018.01); A61Q 5/06 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for growing hair or preventing hair loss, comprising the step of applying at least one member selected from the group consisting of cells of lactic acid bacteria belonging to the genus Enterococcus and cell components thereof to the skin of a mammal in need of growing hair or preventing hair loss, wherein the lactic acid bacteria belonging to the genus Enterococcus are Enterococcus faecalis.