Fig. 2

Effects of AVE on hair growth in stress-induced C57BL/6 mice. a Photographs showed the color change of murine dorsal skin on day 1, 5, 8, 10 and 12 after depilation. b H & E staining of murine dorsal skin sections showed the morphological changes in hair follicles. Magnification: 100× on the left; 400× on the right. c The results of hair cycle score in each group. d The results of total number of hair follicles in each group. e Distance between the hair germ and the subcutaneous layer in each group. f Thickness of dermis in each group. Data are presented as mean ± S.E.M, n = 3–5 in each group. * p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 compared with CTRL group; ## p < 0.01, ###p < 0.001 compared with RS group