Structural Change of Keratin Protein in Human Hair by Permanent Waving Treatment

June 1998 in “ Polymer ”

Naoki Nishikawa, Yoshiaki Tanizawa, Shoichi Tanaka … Tetsuo Asakura

keratin protein permanent waving treatment α-helical structure microfibrils α-helix random-coil structure β-sheet disulphide bonds 13C CP/MAS NMR WAXD FTIR Raman spectroscopy keratin permanent wave alpha helix random coil beta sheet disulfide bonds NMR X-ray diffraction infrared spectroscopy Raman

Studysummary This study found that permanent waving treatment partially disrupts the α-helical structure in human hair microfibrils, primarily during the initial reduction phase, rather than just affecting disulphide bonds.

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Research cited in this study 4

Carbon-13 NMR Studies of Keratin Intermediate Filament of Human Hair Polymer · 1998
PH Dependence of the Coiled-Coil Structure of Keratin Intermediate Filament in Human Hair by 13C NMR Spectroscopy and the Mechanism of Its Disruption Polymer journal · 1998
The Proteins of Hair and Other Hard Alpha-Keratins 1990
The Proteins of Normal and Aberrant Hair Keratins 1981

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