Kao Corporation

Ts Tech Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Yoshida

Chie Fuse

Hiroyuki Taguchi

Tadao Arinami

Fumikazu Takahashi

Yasushi Takimura

Yuta Sakai

Takahiro Shimizu

Shingo Komaba

Akira Kodama

Hiroki Fujinaga

Masutaro Hirayama

The present invention relates to a hair cosmetic containing the following components (A) to (C): (A) a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof:  wherein a broken line represents the presence or absence of a &#x3c0; bond; Rrepresents a hydroxy group or an acetoxy group; Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or &#x2014;COOR (R is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group); and Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; (B) a cationic polymer; and (C) an ampholytic polymer having a predetermined cationic structural unit and an anionic structural unit, a mass ratio of the component (C) to the component (A) [(C)/(A)] being 0.7 or more and 10 or less.

Hair cosmetic

The present invention relates to a hair cosmetic containing the following components (A) to (E): 

A genetic polymorphism and a hair shape susceptibility gene that are related to hair shape, and a method for determining the genetic susceptibility to hair shape in individual test subjects are provided. Disclosed is a hair shape susceptibility gene, which overlaps with a haplotype block in in the 11q12.2 to 11q13.2 region (D11S4191 and D11S987) of human chromosome 11 and comprises a portion or the entirety of the base sequence of the haplotype block, wherein the haplotype block is determined by a linkage disequilibrium analysis conducted on a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker whose allele frequency differs statistically significantly between a group having a curly hair trait and a group having a non-curly hair trait, and consists of a base sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NO: 1 to NO: 5.

Hair shape susceptibility gene

A genetic polymorphism and a hair shape susceptibility gene that are related to hair shape, and a method for determining the genetic susceptibility to hair shape in individual test subjects are provided. Disclosed is a hair shape susceptibility gene, which overlaps with a haplotype block in 1q21.3 region (D1S2696 to D1S2346) of human chromosome 1 and comprises a portion or the entirety of the base sequence of the haplotype block, wherein the haplotype block is determined by a linkage disequilibrium analysis conducted on a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker whose allele frequency differs statistically significantly between a group having a curly hair trait and a group having a non-curly hair trait, and consists of a base sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NO: 1 to NO: 5.

A genetic polymorphism and a hair shape susceptibility gene that are related to hair shape, and a method for determining the genetic susceptibility to hair shape in individual test subjects are provided. Disclosed is a hair shape susceptibility gene, which overlaps with a haplotype block in the 1q32.1 to 1q32.2 region (D1S249 to D1S2891) of human chromosome 1 and comprises a portion or the entirety of the base sequence of the haplotype block, wherein the haplotype block is determined by a linkage disequilibrium analysis conducted on a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker whose allele frequency differs statistically significantly between a group having a curly hair trait and a group having a non-curly hair trait, and consists of a base sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NO:1 to NO:3.

To provide a method for supplying lauric acid with algae. A method for producing an oil or fat containing lauric acid as a constituent fatty acid including: culturing, in a medium, at least one species of algae in the class Cryptophyceae selected from the group consisting of algae belonging to the genusand algae belonging to the genusselected from among, andand recovering, from the culture product, an oil or fat having a lauric acid content of 3 weight % or higher of the fatty acid composition.

Method of producing lauric acid-containing oil or fat

To provide a method for supplying lauric acid with algae. The method for producing an oil or fat containing lauric acid as a constituent fatty acid includes culturing algae in the class Chlorarachniophyceae in a medium and recovering, from the culture product, an oil or fat having a lauric acid content of 3 weight % or higher of the fatty acid composition.

Method of producing lauric acid or an ester thereof

There are provided a vehicle interior finishing laminate sheet in which a polypropylene resin foam board of high foaming extent having interconnected cells is used as a core member, a vehicle interior trim material, a method for manufacturing the vehicle interior finishing laminate sheet, and an apparatus therefor. The present invention relates to a vehicle interior finishing laminate sheetprovided with a core member consisting of a polypropylene resin foam board. The polypropylene resin foam boardis extrusion molded into a plate shape, and has an interconnected cell ratio of 50% or higher and a foaming extent of 10- to 50-fold. A plurality of polypropylene resin foam boards, 2 are joined to each other by the hot plate welding method or the laser transmission welding method, whereby a large-size core member of vehicle interior finishing laminate sheet, which is used for a roof lining or the like, can be formed.

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Tochigi, Japan

Hiroshi Yoshida