Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12
Biopeptide El, pal-VGVAPG, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide (old name)
Characteristics
- INCI
- Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12
- Ru.
- Biopeptide El, pal-VGVAPG, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide (old name)
- CAS
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171263-26-6
This is the substance number in the Chemical Abstracts Service registry. The CAS number uniquely identifies a substance regardless of language, trade name, or synonyms.
- IUPAC
- Glycine, N-(1-Oxohexadecyl)-L-Valylglycyl-L-Valyl-L-Alanyl-L-Prolyl-
- Functions
- skin conditioning
Who it's for
Description
A six amino acidpeptide that is claimed to improve firmness and skin tone. Its amino acid sequence is Val-Gly-Val-Ala-Pro-Gly that is also called the "spring fragment" and is repeated six times in the important skin protein, elastin molecule.
The manufacturer made a double-blind, one-month long clinical study on 10 women and found that twice a day application of 4% Biopeptide El improved skin firmness by 33% and skin tone by 20%.
Products with Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12 (1 539 total)
Most often found in Clinique products (40 items)
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