TETRAPEPTIDE-46
Tetrapeptide-46 is a single chain peptide synthetically produced to be identical to a portion of the scorpion protein, Antimicrobial Peptide 143 which has a maximum of 77 amino acids. Tetrapeptide-46 contains 4 amino ac…
Key data
Source and verification note
CosIng Checker is an independent reference website built from publicly available European Commission cosmetic ingredient materials, including Annex II–VI datasets and the ingredient inventory.
Use these pages for research, discovery and comparison, but verify critical regulatory decisions against the official source text and current law.
Ingredient details
INCI name
TETRAPEPTIDE-46
Description
Tetrapeptide-46 is a single chain peptide synthetically produced to be identical to a portion of the scorpion protein, Antimicrobial Peptide 143 which has a maximum of 77 amino acids. Tetrapeptide-46 contains 4 amino acids consisting of alanine, leucine and phenylalanine