Indonesian plants potentially to be used as the hair growth promoting agent

Abstract

Traditional hair care using ingredients from plants has been practiced for a long time by local people in many countries, including Indonesia. However, biological-pharmaceutical scientific research has only flourished in the last two decades. This article presents the results of research conducted by students and researchers in Indonesia. There are dozens of types of plants in Indonesia that are known to have the potential to be developed as hair growth-promoting drugs. Even so, there are still many weaknesses in the research process that must be overcome so that the validity of the information on the efficacy of these plants in overcoming the problem of hair loss can be relied on.