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"Sodium" refers to the element sodium. The name component "lauroyl" means that the ingredient contains lauric acid (dodecanoic acid) as a fatty acid component (usually introduced via an acylation reaction). Silk-based ingredient.
Sodium lauroyl hydrolyzed silk is a substance which is used in cosmetic preparations where it acts as an antistatic agent (reduces static charges by neutralizing the electrical charge on the surface of e.g. hair) and hair conditioning agent (makes the hair easy to comb, smooth, soft and shiny and gives it volume).
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer