Exclusive ANP®
ANP® (horse mane extract) is an exclusive internationally patented ingredient used by Laboratoires Asepta in the Ecrinal Range for hair and nail care including eyelashes and eyebrows.
ANP® is an active natural ingredient rich in omega 3 fatty acids. It stimulates the production of keratin.
Discovery of ANP®
In the majority of mammals, the hair bulb is located in a layer of a very particular type of oily tissue. The permanent presence of this oily mass suggests that it is necessary for hair growth. These observations were made in animals with manes such as lions, giraffes, horses, etc.
The discovery that this oily substance has a highly beneficial effect on the human body (nails, eyelashes and hair) was made in a hospital.
The spectacular results obtained with nails led scientists to study this new active substance very carefully.
A team of French hospital pharmacists, in collaboration with the ASEPTA Laboratories, have developed a method for separating and purifying Horsemane Tricholipids or A.N.P.® in the Ecrinal nail, eyelash and hair range.
ANP® Activity
Histochemical studies have shown that Tricholipids® mobilise an active form of sulphur, the thiol or SH groups. This points to an active growth and regeneration metabolic process, vital to active biosynthesis of cysteine and methionine, the sulphurated amino acids which are vital constituents of nails and hair.
Pharmacological studies have shown that certain specific enzyme activities, such as phosphatase activity in tissue located at the base of hairs, increase after treatment with Tricholipids. Tricholipids penetrate very quickly which means faster tissue mobilisation and stimulation of bulb activity leading to hair growth.
ANP® contains specific substances and a high concentration of essential fatty acids including linoleic acid of the omega 3 family. Its intense biodynamic stimulation of hair and nail growth has been confirmed by clinical studies.
Clinical Studies - read about the results of clinical studies of ANP on hair loss and seborrhoea.