Acknowledgement
This study was supported by a contract with Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)/Korea National Food Cluster (FOODPOLIS) to Dr. S.-W. Chae. Mr. J. Park was supported by the BK21 Plus program in the Department of Bioactive Material Sciences.
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