Effect of shampoo, conditioner and permanent waving on the molecular structure of human hair

The hair is a filamentous biomaterial consisting of the cuticle, the cortex and the medulla, all held together by the cell membrane complex. The cortex mostly consists of helical keratin proteins that spiral together to form coiled-coil dimers, intermediate filaments, micro-fibrils and macro-fibrils...

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Main Authors: Yuchen Zhang, Richard J. Alsop, Asfia Soomro, Fei-Chi Yang, Maikel C. Rheinstädter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-10-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1296.pdf