About the Authors
- Kazuo Nakamoto
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan
- Takashi Nishinaka
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan
- Naoya Sato
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan
- Mitsumasa Mankura
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Affiliation Bizen Kasei Chemical Co. Ltd., Okayama, Japan
- Yutaka Koyama
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Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Ohtani University, Osaka, Japan
- Fumiyo Kasuya
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Affiliation Biochemical Toxicology Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan
- Shogo Tokuyama
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* E-mail: stoku@pharm.kobegakuin.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan
Competing Interests
Dr. Mitsumasa Mankura is an employee of Bizen Company. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KN ST. Performed the experiments: KN TN NS ST. Analyzed the data: KN MM YK FK ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM YK FK. Wrote the paper: KN ST.