Safety of Nano-sized Bee Pollen in both In-vitro and In-vivo Models
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Pyeon, Hae-In
(Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Kyungsung University)
So, Soojeong (Research Center, Natural Science Biotechnology Co., Ltd.) Bak, Jia (Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Kyungsung University) Lee, Seunghyun (Department of Biotechnology, Daegu Catholic University) Lee, Seungmin (Research Center, Natural Science Biotechnology Co., Ltd.) Suh, Hwa-Jin (Research Center, Natural Science Biotechnology Co., Ltd.) Lim, Je-Oh (Nonclinical Research Institute, Chemon Inc) Kim, Jung-Woo (Nonclinical Research Institute, Chemon Inc) Kim, Sun Youn (Nonclinical Research Institute, Croen Inc) Lee, Se Ra (Nonclinical Research Institute, Croen Inc) Lee, Yong Hyun (Nonclinical Research Institute, Croen Inc) Chung, Il Kyung (Department of Biotechnology, Daegu Catholic University) Choi, Yun-Sik (Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Kyungsung University) |
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