‘hair proteins’

The structure of the hair

Friday, February 5th, 2010

The structure of the hairHair is our appearance and our type of great importance, but is considered biologically hair no more than an appendage of the skin. There is) to about 80 percent protein (protein), to 10-15 percent water and about 5-10 percent of pigments, minerals and lipids (fats. The hair proteins contain a basic chemical unit of amino acids, especially the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, which are strung together like beads on a string) (protein chains.

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