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Watery kimchi cabbage waste (KCW) worsens soil and groundwater pollution and increases soil salinity. Quick decay limits its storage, transportation, and recyclability. Therefore, develo** technologies for c...
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The present study examined the preventive effect of osteoporosis in ovariectomized (OVX) mice by feeding of phytate-reduced brown rice inoculated with the selected Lactobacillus sakei Wikim001 having high phytase...
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The oxidation of low-density lipoproteins (oxLDL) is considered as a key step in the development of atherosclerosis. Oxysterols such as 7-ketocholesterol (7-KC) have been reported to be partially responsible f...
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