About the Authors
- Huadong Chen
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Affiliation Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America
- Saeed Hayek
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Affiliations Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America
- Javier Rivera Guzman
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Pharmacology and Immunology/Microbiology and the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Nicholas D. Gillitt
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Affiliation Dole Nutrition Research Laboratory, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America
- Salam A. Ibrahim
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Affiliation Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America
- Christian Jobin
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* E-mail: ssang@nact.edu (SS); job@med.un.ed (CJ)
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Pharmacology and Immunology/Microbiology and the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Shengmin Sang
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* E-mail: ssang@nact.edu (SS); job@med.un.ed (CJ)
Affiliation Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
NDG is employed by Dole Nutrition Research Laboratory. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS One policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SS CJ SAI. Performed the experiments: HC SH JRG. Analyzed the data: HC SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS NDG. Wrote the paper: SS HC CJ.