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Nicotiana Benthamiana Hexapeptide-40 Sh-polypeptide-2

Nicotiana Benthamiana Hexapeptide-40 sh-Polypeptide-2 is a fusion peptide of Hexapeptide-40 with a single chain recombinant human peptide, produced by Nicotiana benthamiana after using either a transient expression system or transgenesis -stable insertion of a copy of a human gene into its DNA-. The starting human gene is synthesized to be identical to the human gene which codes for Thioredoxin and contains a maximum of 105 amino acids. The fusion peptide contains 110 amino acids, which may contain disulfide bonds and/or glycosylation. The protein consists of the proper sequence of the 20 standard amino acids

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About this ingredient: EU CosIng ingredient registry (via Open Beauty Facts taxonomy) ↗

Hair conditioning
Improves cosmetic hair properties such as softness, shine or combability.
Skin conditioning
A broad cosmetic role for maintaining skin condition. It does not identify a particular clinical benefit.

Function definitions: European Commission ingredient function definitions (SCCNFP/0299/00, pages 16 to 20) ↗

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INCI name on ingredient lists
NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA HEXAPEPTIDE-40 SH-POLYPEPTIDE-2

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