How we scored it
Where it comes from
Dominant route is chemical peptide synthesis from fermentation- or hydrolysate-derived amino acids. Recombinant or enzymatic production, where used, also yields only amino-acid mass, so the value is unchanged.
In plain English
A 40-amino-acid peptide added to skin-care products as a skin-conditioning ingredient. It is assembled in a laboratory by joining amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, which are produced by fermentation or from hydrolysed plant and animal protein.
CosIng definition: Oligopeptide-27 is a synthetic peptide containing 40 amino acids consisting of alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, proline, serine, threonine, tyrosine, and valine; Alanine, synthetic 40-unit peptide with arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, proline, serine, threonine, tyrosine, and valine
References
- 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
- 2OLIGOPEPTIDE-27. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3OLIGOPEPTIDE-27. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=OLIGOPEPTIDE-27