Peptide Shampoo
Peptide are widely used in various aspects and fields. Peptide applications may soon be as varied as peptides themselves. Indeed, cell-penetrating peptides (CPP) have served to deliver various molecules and particles…
Peptide-based hair conditioners, hair colorants, and other benefit agents have also been developed to improve the durability of these compositions (Huang et al., copending and commonly owned U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2005/0050656, and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2005/0226839). The peptide-based hair conditioners or colorants are prepared by coupling a specific peptide sequence that has a high binding affinity to hair with a conditioning or coloring agent, respectively. The peptide portion binds to the hair, thereby strongly attaching the conditioning or coloring agent. Peptides with a high binding affinity to hair have been identified using phage display screening techniques.
