About the Authors

Dragos V. Nica

nicadragos@gmail.com

Affiliation Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Timisoara, Timis, Romania

Marioara Nicoleta Filimon

Affiliation Faculty of Chemistry-Biology-Geography, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Timis, Romania

Despina-Maria Bordean

Affiliation Faculty of Food Processing Technology, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Timisoara, Timis, Romania

Monica Harmanescu

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Timisoara, Timis, Romania

George Andrei Draghici

Affiliation Faculty of Food Processing Technology, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Timisoara, Timis, Romania

Simona Dragan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Timis, Romania

Iosif I. Gergen

Affiliation Faculty of Food Processing Technology, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Timisoara, Timis, Romania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DVN DMB. Performed the experiments: DVN. Analyzed the data: DVN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DVN MNF DMB MH SD IG. Wrote the paper: DVN DMB IG SD. Chemical analysis: DVN DMB GAD MH IG. Shell measurements: DVN MNF GAD.