Elastin, What Is It?

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Inside connective tissue is where you find elastin, it gives tissues in the body the ability to return to their orignal shape after being stretched or contracted.

Collagen, What Is It?

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Collagen’s functions are quite different from those of globular proteins such as enzymes instead it is one of the long, fibrous structural proteins giving the cells structure from the outside via a component of the extracellular matrix that supports most tissues.
Collagen is directly responsible for skin strength and elasticity, its eventual degradation leads to wrinkles [...]