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International Journal of Bioprinting                              3D-printed hydrogel with antioxidant activity












































            Figure 6. Antioxidant potential of the borax-treated CMFs/guar gum constructs. The means indicated with different letters are significantly different at
            p < 0.05. Abbreviations: ABTS, “2,2’-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate); CGB, Borax-treated CMFs/guar gum construct; CMF, cellulose microfibril.

            biomedical processes. Furthermore, proper sterilization   Author contributions
            method should be investigated in the future, since the
            cleanliness of various biomaterial inks, including the   Data curation: Ju Hyun Min, Hye Jee Kang, Mariam
            developed CMF/guar gum-based hydrogel in this study, is   Omowunmi Aminu
            to be ensured prior to utilization in bio- or food industry.  Funding acquisition: Young Hoon Jung
                                                               Investigation: Olajide Emmanuel Adedeji, Ju Hyun Min, Gi
            Acknowledgments                                       Eon Park, Hye Jee Kang, Mariam Omowunmi Aminu
                                                               Methodology: Gi Eon Park, Ji-Young Choi
            None.                                              Project administration: Kwang-Deog Moon, Young Hoon Jung
                                                               Validation: Kwang-Deog Moon
            Funding                                            Writing – original draft: Gi Eon Park, Ji-Young Choi
            This work was supported by the Korea Institute of Planning   Writing – review & editing: Olajide Emmanuel Adedeji, Ocheme
            and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture    Boniface Ocheme, Seon-Tea Joo, Young Hoon Jung
            and Forestry (IPET) through the High Value-added   Ethics approval and consent to participate
            Food  Technology Development  Program,  funded by  the
            Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)   Not applicable.
            (grant no. 321028-5). This work was also supported by
            the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant   Consent for publication
            funded by Korea government (Ministry of Science and   Not applicable.
            ICT, MSIT; No. 2020R1C1C1005251).
                                                               Data availability
            Conflict of interest                               The data that support the findings of this study are available
            The authors declare no conflicts of interest.      from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.


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