Mechanism of Hair Curling via Laccase-Assisted Tyrosine Grafting Using BSA as a Model Protein

Commercial hair perming uses strong reducing agents and harms hair fiber’s quality even human health. In this study, tyrosine is adopted as a cross-linking agent between thiols and/or amines as the shape-changing of hair involves the breakage of disulfide bonds and the rearrangement of new bonds bet...

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Main Authors: Yu Li, Jing Su, Tarsila G. Castro, Artur Cavaco-Paulo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-04-01
Series:Journal of Natural Fibers
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2023.2187506