Jeong, Hyuneui
Kim, Jong-Won
Yang, Daram
Kim, Min-Seok
Lee, Kyuhong https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4123-341X
Kim, Bumseok https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0392-2513
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (No. 21203MFDS318)
National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (No. 24212MFDS254)
Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea (RS-2025-00556031)
Article History
Received: 19 August 2025
Revised: 25 November 2025
Accepted: 30 December 2025
First Online: 3 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have influenced the work presented in this paper. Bumseok Kim was the Associate Editor of Toxicological Research when this manuscript was submitted and peer-reviewed. Editorial Board Member status has no bearing on editorial consideration.
: All procedures involving animals were performed in strict accordance with the guidelines established by the Animal Care and Ethics Committees of the Korea Institute of Toxicology (KIT; Republic of Korea). The KIT animal facility maintains full accreditation from the National Association of Laboratory Animal Care.