# BARLEY OLIGOPEPTIDE-160 SH-POLYPEPTIDE-112

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_inci_barley_oligopeptide_160_sh_polypeptide_112
Categories: beauty
Functions: Skin conditioning, Hair conditioning
Identifier: BARLEY OLIGOPEPTIDE-160 SH-POLYPEPTIDE-112

> BARLEY OLIGOPEPTIDE-160 SH-POLYPEPTIDE-112: Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent and a hair conditioner. Canonical ingredient record built from 1 public-source records. Compiled from 1 published data source.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern: not yet assessed
- Is it a concern? We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.
- Rationale: Canonical ingredient record built from 1 public-source records.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — Barley Oligopeptide-160 sh-Polypeptide-112 is a fusion peptide of Oligopeptide-160 and sh-Polypeptide-112 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 150 amino acids and may contain disulfide bonds and/or glycosylation. The protein consists of the proper sequence of the 20 standard amino acids.

## Expert safety opinions

- SCCS (EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety): no opinion on file.
- CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)): no opinion on file.

## Data sources

- CosIng (updated 2026-09-23): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/details/96344

_Assessed by Greenveil._