About the Authors
- Yoshie Takizawa
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Affiliation Department of Food Science & Nutrition, Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan
- Rieko Nakata
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Affiliation Department of Food Science & Nutrition, Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan
- Kiyoshi Fukuhara
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Affiliation Showa University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan
- Hiroshi Yamashita
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Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratories, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan
- Hideo Kubodera
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Affiliation Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratories, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan
- Hiroyasu Inoue
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* E-mail: inoue@cc.nara-wu.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Food Science & Nutrition, Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan
Competing Interests
All authors have declared that no competing interests exist in this revised manuscript. Two of the authors are employed by a commercial company, Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratories, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YT RN HI. Performed the experiments: YT RN HY HK HI. Analyzed the data: YT RN HY HK HI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT RN KF HY HK HI. Wrote the paper: YT RN HY HK HI.