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MBP should be evaluated; although the cytotoxicity test showed
that MBP-treated cells are more viable than BT-treated ones
(Figure S11), the ecotoxicity against aquatic environments would
be studied in near future.
Acknowledgements
This work was financially supported by the Korea Institute of
Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning under the Ministry
of Trade, Industry & Energy, Republic of Korea (KETEP-2015-
3030041160) and by the Basic Science Research Program
through the National Research Foundation of Korea under the
Ministry
of
Education,
Republic
of
Korea
(NRF-
2016R1A6A1A03013422). The authors are grateful to Dr. G. O.
Lee for her help in the cytotoxicity test at the Jeollanamdo
Institute of Natural Resources (JINR) research center.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Keywords: sustainable chemistry • hydrogen storage •
Figure 3. GC chromatograms of the product mixtures obtained thorough
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