Heptapeptide-17
Peptide
Peptides are the amino-acid chains that help your skin produce proteins such as collagen.
Antioxidant
Antioxidants inhibit oxidation, or a chemical reaction that leads to cell-damage and are found to correct signs of aging, brighten skin tone, and some antioxidants help stimulate collagen.
Explained
Heptapeptide-17 is an antioxidant and is a peptide.
What it does
Antioxidant
A substance that inhibits oxidation, especially one, such as vitamin e, vitamin c, or beta carotene, that protects cellsfrom the sometimes damaging effects of oxidation.
Skin Protecting
To keep skin from being damaged to a certain degree
Prevalence
Less common
Percentage of products that contain it
0%
CosIng Data
CosIng ID
90647
INCI Name
HEPTAPEPTIDE-17
All Functions
Antioxidant, Skin Protecting
