Lauroyl hydrolyzed collagen (inci)

The name "lauroyl" refers to the fatty acid component lauric acid (dodecanoic acid, also called lauric acid) in the molecule. Hydrolyzed collagen is hydrolyzed collagen extracted from animal connective tissue. Collagen contains mainly peptides with the amino acids glycine, proline and serine. Under physiological conditions the collagenous connective tissue, as a form and strength-giving structural protein, is present in a non-soluble form.

Lauroyl hydrolyzed collagen acts as an antistatic agent (reduces static charges by neutralizing the electrical charge on the surface of e.g. hair), surfactant (washing-active substance) and hair conditioning agent (makes the hair easy to comb, smooth, soft and shiny and gives it volume).