About the Authors

Wei Chen

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Matthew Ray Goff

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Heqian Kuang

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Guoxun Chen

gchen6@utk.edu

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WC GC. Performed the experiments: WC MRG HK. Analyzed the data: WC MRG GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GC. Wrote the paper: WC GC.