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Receptor accelerates cell division and migration
Sandalwood scent facilitates wound healing and skin
regeneration
Skin cells possess an olfactory receptor for sandalwood
scent, as researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have discovered. Their
data indicate that the cell proliferation increases and wound healing improves
if those receptors are activated. This mechanism constitutes a possible
starting point for new drugs and cosmetics. The team headed by Dr Daniela Busse
and Prof Dr Dr Dr med habil Hanns Hatt from the Department for Cellphysiology
published their report in the “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”.