Effects of Microbacterium laevaniformans Levans Molecular Weight on Cytotoxicity |
Oh, Im-Kyung
(Department of Food and Nutrition, Hanyang University)
Yoo, Sang-Ho (Department of Food Science and Technology, Sejong University) Bae, In-Young (Department of Food and Nutrition, Hanyang University) Cha, Jae-Ho (Department of Microbiology, Pusan National University) Lee, Hyeon-Gyu (Department of Food and Nutrition, Hanyang University) |
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