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Skin care activities of steamed mature silkworms, Bombyx mori
In contrast to the silkworms in 3 days of the 5th instar larval stage, the mature silkworms of Bombyx mori L. have enlarged silk glands containing various functional materials. However, they are too hard to chew or digest for humans when they are cooked or lyophilized. The mature silkworms have recently been regarded as a potential health supplement due to gaining their edibility for humans by a newly-developed steaming method in the Rural Development Administration (RDA) in Korea. Therefore, the present study was performed to examine the skin care activity, one of the potential biological activities of the steamed mature silkworms for humans, which will be helpful to increase incomes for sericultural farm households in Korea (This work was supported by the RDA grant, PJ010828022017.).
