About the Authors

Kohji Takara

takara@gm.himeji-du.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Himeji Dokkyo University, Himeji, Japan

Kazuhiro Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan

Mika Matsubara

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan

Tetsuya Minegaki

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan

Minoru Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Himeji Dokkyo University, Himeji, Japan

Teruyoshi Yokoyama

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Himeji Dokkyo University, Himeji, Japan

Katsuhiko Okumura

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Himeji Dokkyo University, Himeji, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT TY. Performed the experiments: KY MM TM MT. Analyzed the data: KY MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TY. Wrote the paper: KT TY KO.