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Barley HEXAPEPTIDE-40 SH-POLYPEPTIDE-13

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Barley HEXAPEPTIDE-40 SH-POLYPEPTIDE-13 in plain language

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent.

  • Skin conditioning
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

Canonical ingredient record built from 1 public-source records.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Barley HEXAPEPTIDE-40 SH-POLYPEPTIDE-13 appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • EUCosIngActiveBarley Hexapeptide-40 sh-Polypeptide-13 is a fusion peptide of Hexapeptide-40 and sh-Polypeptide-13 produced by barley plants after using either a transient expression system or transgenesis (stable insertion of a copy of a human gene into its DNA). The fusion peptide contains 211 amino acids and may contain disulfide bonds and/or glycosylation. The protein consists of the proper sequence of the 20 standard amino acids.
    • Barley Hexapeptide-40 sh-Polypeptide-13 is a fusion peptide of Hexapeptide-40 and sh-Polypeptide-13 produced by barley plants after using either a transient expression system or transgenesis (stable insertion of a copy of a human gene into its DNA). The fusion peptide contains 211 amino acids and may contain disulfide bonds and/or glycosylation. The protein consists of the proper sequence of the 20 standard amino acids.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Barley HEXAPEPTIDE-40 SH-POLYPEPTIDE-13. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Barley HEXAPEPTIDE-40 SH-POLYPEPTIDE-13 yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

1 data source

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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Allergen profile

Canonical allergen markers detected on this ingredient. Each row is derived from the ingredient’s name or synonyms matching a known allergen class — useful when scanning a label for a specific allergy context.

  • GlutenContains · Oral (ingested)

    Source: chemindex_name_match

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.