Effects of Germanium-fortified Yeast on the Serum Lipids and Immune Cell Subset
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Lee, Sung-Hee
(GerantiPharm. LTD.)
Oh, Sun-Woo (GerantiPharm. LTD.) Rho, Sook-Nyung (Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University) Lee, Bog-Hieu (Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University) Lee, Hyun-Joo (Dept. of Nutrition and Culinary Science, Hankyong National University) Jin, Dong-Kyu (Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital) |
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