About the Authors

Tuomas Huovinen

tuomas.huovinen@utu.fi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Eeva-Christine Brockmann

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Sultana Akter

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Susan Perez-Gamarra

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Jani Ylä-Pelto

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Yuan Liu

Current address: Institute of Food Safety and Quality, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Urpo Lamminmäki

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: a pending patent application PCT/FI2010/051068. The applicant is the University of Turku. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH UL. Performed the experiments: TH SA SP JY YL. Analyzed the data: TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EB. Wrote the paper: TH EB UL.