
Active Peptides for Skin Care
- 1st Edition - August 13, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Wenfeng Ding
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 0 2 8 7 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 0 2 8 8 - 6
Active Peptides for Skin Care is one of the first books on the market that specifically deals with the application of peptides in the field of skin care. The book outlines the ba… Read more

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Request a sales quoteThe book also covers the mechanism of action and application cases of different efficacies of skin peptides, such as: whitening and spot removal, prolonging and repairing, anti-allergy and soothing, anti-hair loss and growth, improving wrinkles, breast enlargement and slimming, acne repair, eye care, repairing stretch marks, etc.
- Provides an overview of the basics of skin and peptides and describes the technical means of transdermal delivery of peptides for their application
- Introduces the key issue of the quality control methods commonly used to ensure the efficacy and safety of peptides
- Discusses the mechanism of action and application cases of different skin active peptides, such as whitening and spot removal, prolonging and repairing, anti-allergy and soothing, hair loss prevention, wrinkle improvement, slimming, acne, eye care, stretch mark repair, etc.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter One Skin
- Abstract
- 1 Skin anatomy and physiology
- 2 Aging skin
- 3 Skin care and beauty
- References
- Chapter Two Active peptides
- Abstract
- 1 The history and research of active peptides
- 2 Overview of peptides
- 3 Application of peptides
- 4 Types of peptides
- 5 Peptide synthesis
- References
- Chapter Three Transdermal therapeutic systems of peptides
- Abstract
- 1 Overview of transdermal therapeutic systems (TTS)
- 2 How transdermal therapeutic systems work
- 3 Transdermal drug delivery techniques
- 4 Transdermal drug delivery of cosmetic peptides
- References
- Chapter Four Quality research of peptides
- Abstract
- 1 Analysis of peptide structure
- 2 Purity analysis and content determination
- 3 Research on peptide impurities
- References
- Chapter Five Whitening and spot-correcting peptides
- Abstract
- 1 Overview
- 2 Introduction of whitening and spot-correcting peptides
- 3 Whitening product application
- References
- Chapter Six Antiaging and repairing peptides
- Abstract
- 1 Overview
- 2 Antiaging pathways
- 3 Introduction of antiaging peptides
- 4 Product application
- References
- Chapter Seven Antisensitive and soothing peptides
- Abstract
- 1 Overview
- 2 Introduction to antisensitive and soothing peptides
- 3 Product application
- References
- Chapter Eight Antihair loss peptides
- Abstract
- 1 Overview
- 2 Introduction of antihair loss peptides
- 3 Product application
- References
- Chapter Nine Antiwrinkle peptides
- Abstract
- 1 Overview
- 2 Introduction to antiwrinkle peptides
- 3 Product application
- References
- Chapter Ten Breast enlargement and slimming peptides
- Abstract
- 1 Overview
- 2 Introduction to breast enlargement and slimming peptides
- 3 Case study
- References
- Chapter Eleven Antiacne peptides
- Abstract
- 1 Overview
- 2 Introduction to antiacne peptides
- 3 Acne scar improvement peptides
- 4 Product application
- References
- Chapter Twelve Eye care peptides
- Abstract
- 1 Overview
- 2 Introduction to eye care peptides
- 3 Case study
- References
- Chapter Thirteen Peptides in striae gravidarum removal
- Abstract
- 1 Overview
- 2 Methods for removing stretch marks
- 3 Active substances for external use in removing stretch marks
- 4 Peptides in SG repair
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 13, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 182
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443302879
- eBook ISBN: 9780443302886
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Wenfeng Ding
Dr Ding Wenfeng gained his PhD in medicinal chemistry from Peking University. He is a leading figure in China’s burgeoning industry of the use of active peptides in skin care. He founded the Shenzhen Winkey Pharmaceutical Company
He is Dean of the Peptide Research Institute, Member of the Engineering Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a researcher at the Research Institute of Peking University. He wrote China's first book on the application of peptides to skin with "Active Peptides for Skin Care." He has been awarded 13 patents and is the author of many scientific papers.