About the Authors

Hyun Woo Jeong

Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Si Young Cho

Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Shinae Kim

Affiliation College of Physical Education, Kyung Hee University, Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in city, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Eui Seok Shin

Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Jae Man Kim

Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Min Jeong Song

Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Pil Joon Park

Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Jong Hee Sohn

Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Hyon Park

Affiliation College of Physical Education, Kyung Hee University, Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in city, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Dae-Bang Seo

Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Wan Gi Kim

Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Sang-Jun Lee

leesjun@amorepacific.com

Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Competing Interests

All authors except for S.Kim and H. Park are employees of Amorepacific R&D Center, which belongs to Amorepacific Corporation. Patent application PCT/KR09/07040, covering composition for promotion of mitochondrial function and activation of Sirt1 has been filed on 7 Oct 2010. There is one related product in market (Chitoprime) in South Korea. However, 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: HWJ SYC ESS HP. Performed the experiments: HYJ SYC ESS SK MJS PJP. Analyzed the data: JMK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HWJ SYC JHS. Wrote the paper: HWJ SYC JHS DBS WGK SJL.