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Conditioning Agent

BARLEY SH-POLYPEPTIDE-1

70

Safety score · 0–100

Fine

Derived from EU CosIng regulatory status, PubChem hazard data and published research. How we score.

About

A conditioning agent that helps keep hair smooth, soft, and manageable.

Barley sh-Polypeptide-1 is a single chain recombinant human peptide, produced by barley plants after using either a transient expression system or transgenesis (stable insertion of a copy of a human gene into its DNA). The starting gene is synthesized to be identical to the human gene which codes for Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor. It contains a maximum of 288 amino acids, which may contain disulfide bonds and/or glycosylation. The protein consists of the proper sequence of the 20 standard amino acids

Function

HAIR CONDITIONINGSKIN CONDITIONING

Skin benefits

  • Hair Conditioning
  • Conditioning

References

EU

EU CosIng database

European Commission cosmetic ingredient registry — regulatory status, restrictions, authorised functions.

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