RU, sometime RU58841 is Anti-Androgen (AA), comes in powder form that was tested in clinical trials for hairloss and had some significant benefits, but the study was shelved and the product is not approved and marketed for hairloss. You can only get it, in powder form, from suppliers based in China, and make your own topical soultion (in alcohol and PG) at home and use it like minoxidil everyday.
It has gotten quite affordable in recent years and actually be dirt cheap if you can get it through groupbuys in one of these hairloss forums. A hairloss website, with "experimental" forum/discussion has plenty of information on it. Alternatively, you may go to mpbtreatment website and they sell ready made solution, but is quite expensive.
It has been determined that 5-10% solution to be optimal for Androgenetic Alopecia treatment, once or twice a day.
RUM, is a derivative, of RU, something called like RU-Myristate (sp?), with similar function as RU with possibly added benefit of stimulant.
CB, aka, CB-03-01, appears to have potent anti-androgenic activity without significant local or systemic side effects. In other words, it is a safe drug that would not affect much your sexual and other functions in body, unlike other AA topicals such as Flutamide, spironolactone.
I believe it is still undergoing official clinical trials somewhere and has promising benefits for Androgenetic Alopecia, but will take time to come out as legit hair product in market. So, you need a chinese supplier to obtain it.
It is used as topical, comes in powder form for now, and you will be making a solution on your own at home. I am unsure of % solution for CB
ASC, aka ASC-J9 is a curcumin (Turmeric/Curry powder) derivative, made in pure molecular form in labs and has AA properties. It not only attaches to AR (Androgen Receptors) at hair follicles, but also degrades them making it more efficient, effective, and potent fighter against dht-binding to its hair follicle receptors.
In addition, it has anti-inflammatory properties for all over body, and defends hair follicles against inflammation caused by your own body. Inflammation is one part of the process that results in hair follicle miniaturization, and thus, shutting down of hair follicles/factory.
It was in some clinical trials somewhere, and I believe, trials were discontinued possibly because of ASC high staining problems and thus less marketability or something.
It is used as topical, comes in powder form, not commercially available. Again, you will be seeking a Chinese supplier for this.
You will be making a solution on your own at home. The % it was used in trials an/or benefical for hair is 0.1% solution
Equol is also Anti Androgen: It is different from other AAs in action in that it attaches and degrades dht directly, thus, no dht left in serum in the first place, and thus no transcription/messenger of baldness to hair follicles. Whereas, other AAs bind to AA receptors found in corresponding tissues resulting in still free dht floating around.
It is still in clinical trials (I think) and not available commercially. You will need chinese suppliers to get it in powder form and make your home made solution.
Usual effective solution for Androgenetic Alopecia treatment has been determined to be 5% Equol solution.
Bimatoprost is Growth Stimulant: Alternative to Minoxidil. It increases PGF2 (or PGE2?) at hair follicle sites. PGE2/PGF2 is responsible for initializing and maintaing hair Anagen-growing phase. Thus, it helps to lengthen the hair growing cycle and actually reactivates dormant follicles.
It is approved for application for eye lashes growth already. I am unsure if it is already in clinical trials for Androgenetic Alopecia treatment somewhere. The approved solution for eye lashes growth, I believe is by prescription, and is very low concentration to be of any good for scalp hair. IF anyone does decide to buy that one for scalp hair, then you would need a large quantity per dose application to par with dose/percent good for scalp hair. Needless to say, it will be very expensive, as it is already too expensive for eye lash tiny bottle applications. It is not practical.
It is unavailable otherwise, and you will need Chinese Suppliers to get it in powder form. It is very expensive there too, hundreds of dollars for 1g.
Usual effective solution for Androgenetic Alopecia treatment has been determined to be 0.1% Bima solution, alcohol based.
AHk-Copper Peptide is a stimulant that provides Copper-Peptides, A chain of molecules containing Cu which is essetial for hair growth.
It was also in clinical trials years ago and had promising result. But, trials were discontinued because it did not do much better than minoxidil, and it was not marketable for profit.
AHK-Cu is well know for skin and hair benefits and is an ingredient in several cosmetics for skin/hair improvement. There is mixed review on its efficay for Androgenetic Alopecia benefits. But, its a good addition to already basic regimen such as Androgen-dht control.
It is available in cream form on some website for skincare, but its expensive. You may need pure powder form in at least 98% purity to make a solution for your treatment. *******, what I found, sells it in grams for lowest price so far. Their website will tell you more about it how to make it in solution form quite easily. It is also available in powder and solution form at mpbtreatment website, but more expensive, especially the solution.
It is better to make your own home made solution based on alc/pg-will work just as fine. I believe clinical trials were done on 2.5 and 5% solution. Some have reported adverse results if used in higher concentration. Less than 2.5% of solution is useless in most cases.
