About the Authors

Harmony F. Turk

Affiliation Program in Integrative Nutrition and Complex Diseases, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Rola Barhoumi

Affiliation Image Analysis Laboratory, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Robert S. Chapkin

r-chapkin@tamu.edu

Affiliations Program in Integrative Nutrition and Complex Diseases, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Center for Environmental and Rural Health, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HT RC. Performed the experiments: HT. Analyzed the data: HT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC. Wrote the paper: HT RC. Performed imaging: HT RB.