About the Authors
- Hamid Jan Jan Mohamed
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* E-mail: hamidjan@usm.my
Affiliation Nutrition Program, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
- Angela Rowan
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Affiliation Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Bertram Fong
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Affiliation Fonterra Research and Development Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- See-Ling Loy
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Affiliation Nutrition Program, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
Competing Interests
Hamid Jan Jan Mohamed has read the journal's policy and has the following conflicts. Angela Rowan and Bertram Fong are employees of Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd, New Zealand. This funder provided support in the form of analytical materials and expertise, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. This does not alter the authors adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HJJM. Performed the experiments: SLL. Analyzed the data: HJJM SLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR BF. Wrote the paper: HJJM SLL. Provided analytical and technical support and interpreted the data: AR BF. Final approval of the version to be published: HJJM AR BF SLL.