Peptide-Silicone Based Microcapsule Suitable for Sun-care Products

Silicone Chemistry for Fabric Care

Silicone softeners have a firm place in final finishing for a very important reason. A piece of fabric which has been subjected to pretreatment ,dyeing and fixing processes is almost impossible to be appealing to any one without taking a corrective measures of handle. The Application of silicone softeners turns hard and a brittle fabric into a soft pleasant textile with which the buyer can expe...

Pete’s all things Sun: the status of Sun products

Peter Baer Galvin is the chief technologist for Corporate Technologies, a premier systems integrator and VAR (www.cptech .com). Before that, Peter was the systems manager for Brown University’s Computer Science Department. He has written articles and columns for many publications and is co-author of the Operating Systems Concepts and Applied Operating Systems Concepts textbooks. As a consultant...

Furocoumarins in Sun Protection and Bronzing Products

Plant-based expression systems for protein and antimicrobial peptide production

Molecular farming technology offers a unique advantage that almost any protein can be produced economically and safely under very controlled conditions. Besides traditional production systems, such as bacteria, yeasts, insects and mammal cell lines, plants can now be used to produce eukaryotic recombinant proteins, especially therapeutic ones. Their advantages as hosts for protein production in...

UV-Filters in Sun Protection Products

1. BfR recommends using combinations of UV filters and ingredients in the formulations of cosmetic products in a manner that enables to keep the amount of individual filters and also the sum of the filters used for the protection aimed as low as possible. The permitted maximum concentrations for the individual UV filters must not be exceeded. Furthermore, UV filters added should contribute cons...