CHA Institute of Technology and BTC Sign Joint Research Agreement on Improving Women's Menopausal Symptoms

The Tea Comprehensive Research Institute announced on the 11th that it has signed a joint research agreement with BTC to develop health functional materials for improving female menopause.

On the 11th, Cha General Research Institute announced that it has signed a joint research agreement with BTC to develop health functional materials for improving women's menopause. At the signing ceremony, Yoon Ho-seop, Director of Cha General Research Institute (left), and Kim Tae-young, CEO of BTC, are taking a commemorative photo.
[Photo by Cha General Research Institute]

Under this agreement, the two institutions will collaborate to evaluate the efficacy of natural materials discovered for improving female menopause symptoms and to develop health functional foods.

BTC will apply biotechnologies such as fermentation and encapsulation to the natural materials discovered for improving female menopause symptoms and provide them to the Tea Comprehensive Research Institute. The Tea Comprehensive Research Institute will verify the efficacy of the provided natural materials and conduct research to enhance bioavailability.

The Tea Comprehensive Research Institute has been developing health functional materials for improving female menopause symptoms by combining biotechnology with natural substances such as kudzu root and seoritae (black soybeans) to increase bioabsorption. Last month, it published research results confirming the improvement effect on depressive symptoms in female menopause using a substance fermented with probiotics from the plant-based female hormone phytoestrogen in the international journal of food science, the Journal of Functional Foods (Q1).

BTC is a company that develops health functional foods from traditional medicinal herbs and natural materials such as fermented red ginseng, ginseng berry, and julpul. It has obtained individual recognition-type material approval for improving male health and memory during menopause. Individual recognition-type raw materials must be individually evaluated and approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for safety, functionality, standards, and specifications, making the entry barrier high. Once developed, the manufacturer holds exclusive manufacturing and sales rights for the raw material for six years.

Yoon Ho-seop, president of the Tea Comprehensive Research Institute, said, "We hope that the core competencies of both companies will create a synergy effect in developing useful health functional food materials for female menopause by utilizing various natural materials." Kim Tae-young, CEO of BTC, stated, "We plan to develop excellent products through joint research with the Tea Comprehensive Research Institute, which has advanced technology and know-how in female disease research, and enter the global market."

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