Hair binding peptides and peptide-based hair reagents for personal care
AssigneesAffinergy, Inc., E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsR. Edward Benson, Stephen R. Fahnestock, Paul Hamilton, John P. O'Brien, Hong Wang
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Abstract
Peptides have been identified that bind with high affinity to hair. Peptide-based hair reagents formed by coupling a hair-binding peptide to a benefit agent are described. The peptide-based hair reagents include peptide-based hair conditioners and hair colorants. The peptide-based hair conditioners and hair colorants are comprised of at least one hair-binding peptide coupled to a hair conditioning agent or a coloring agent, respectively.
Claims14
A hair-binding peptide comprising a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, and 32.
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