Conditioning Agent
BARLEY SH-POLYPEPTIDE-8
Safety score · 0–100
Fine
Derived from EU CosIng regulatory status, PubChem hazard data and published research. How we score.
A skin conditioner that helps keep skin soft, smooth, and healthy-looking.
Barley sh-Polypeptide-8 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 Platelet Derived Growth Factor. It contains a maximum of 241 amino acids, which may contain disulfide bonds and/or glycosylation. The protein consists of the proper 20 sequence of the standard amino acids.
Function
Skin benefits
- Conditioning
References
EU CosIng database
European Commission cosmetic ingredient registry: regulatory status, restrictions, authorised functions.
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