毛发蛋白与日用毛发产品

Hair Keratin-associated Proteins and Personally Used Hair Care Products

目前研究毛发蛋白的新技术为原子力显微镜、扫描电镜和x-线衍射技术,分子生物学等。人们已充分认识到毛发蛋白在生物进化过程中的重要指示作用,在生物进化学中得到普遍应用。人类毛发的研究也较透彻,日常使用的烫发、染发及脱毛类产品和技术充分利用毛发蛋白之间的二硫键可以被打开,并进行重新交联的特性而得以开发。当然开发对毛发蛋白影响和破坏较少的新技术是未来毛发产品开发的方向:如开发增强毛发髓质蛋白及结构的新型功能性素材、天然产物仍是值得探索的方向之一。

The current study methods for Keratin-associated proteins （KAPs） are Atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscope, x-ray diffraction experiment, and molecular biology. Hair keratins represent an obvious evolutionary innovation and indictors for natural evolution; it＇s a useful tool for evolution studies so far. Human hair KAPs is well researched and related to daily used products such as hair waving, hair dyeing and depilatories. The key mechanism based on that the disulfide bond （-S-S-） can be delinked and re-linked accordingly. The future for development of daily used hair products should focuses on KAPs, especially for protection of hair medulla; of course natural actives are still a promising direction for hair protection and functionality.