About the Authors
- Hyun Woo Jeong
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Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
- Si Young Cho
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Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
- Shinae Kim
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Affiliation College of Physical Education, Kyung Hee University, Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in city, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
- Eui Seok Shin
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Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
- Jae Man Kim
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Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
- Min Jeong Song
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Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
- Pil Joon Park
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Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
- Jong Hee Sohn
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Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
- Hyon Park
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Affiliation College of Physical Education, Kyung Hee University, Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in city, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
- Dae-Bang Seo
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Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
- Wan Gi Kim
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Affiliation Amorepacific Corporation Research & Development Center, Bora-dong, Giheung-gu, Yong-in si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
- Sang-Jun Lee
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* E-mail: 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.