ANTI-DANDRUFF COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ANTIFUNGAL POLYPEPTIDE

摘要

The present invention relates to an anti-dandruff composition comprising an antifungal polypeptide, to the use of an antifungal polypeptide for the treatment or prophylaxis of dandruff, to a method for the treatment or prophylaxis of dandruff, and to the use of an antifungal polypeptide for the preparation of a composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of dandruff. It has been found that the antifungal polypeptide with the amino acid sequence shown in Fig. 1 efficiently impedes the growth of the yeast P. ovale, even in low concentrations.