title: Brazilian oils and butters: the effect of different fatty acid chain composition on human hair physiochemical properties.
abstract: This study evaluated the performance of five oils and three butters extracted from Brazilian plants with different fatty chain composition on hair mechanical properties, split end formation, combing analysis and gloss measurements. Oil treatment reduced the combing force percentage for wet conditions. However, the hair treated with butters showed poor combing. Except for ucuúba butter, oils and butters used in this work had generally no influence on hair tensile properties. In general, hair treated with oils showed a significant gloss increase and a decrease for split end formation. The fatty acid composition of the oils and butters tested showed an effect on the physicochemical properties of hair.
authors.affiliation: Natura Inovação e Tecnologia de Produtos-Brazil, Rodovia Anhanguera s/n degrees km 30.5, Polviho CEP: 07750-000, Cajamar, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fregonesi
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scanavez
authors.forename: Leandra
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Oliveira
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roesler
authors.forename: Cassiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Escudeiro
authors.forename: Priscila
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moncayo
authors.forename: Daisy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Sanctis
authors.forename: Jean Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gesztesi
mesh_terms: D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects; D006203:Hair Preparations / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013718:Tensile Strength
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D006203:Hair Preparations; D010938:Plant Oils