About the Authors

Akio Watanabe

watanabea@jfrl.or.jp

Affiliations Food Function Research Team, Saito Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, Food and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Momochika Kumagai

Affiliation Food Function Research Team, Saito Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

Takashi Mishima

Affiliation Food Function Research Team, Saito Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

Junya Ito

Affiliation Food and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Yurika Otoki

Affiliation Food and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Teppei Harada

Affiliation Food Function Research Team, Saito Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

Tsuyoshi Kato

Affiliation Section of Applied Testing, Tama Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Tama, Tokyo, Japan

Mikihiko Yoshida

Affiliation Section of Nutraceutical Analysis, Saito Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

Misora Suzuki

Affiliation Section of Biological Safety Research, Tama Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Tama, Tokyo, Japan

Izumi Yoshida

Affiliation Food Function Research Team, Saito Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

Kazuhiro Fujita

Affiliation Food Function Research Team, Saito Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

Masatoshi Watai

Affiliation Food Function Research Team, Saito Laboratory, Japan Food Research Laboratories, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

Kiyotaka Nakagawa

Affiliation Food and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Teruo Miyazawa

Affiliation Food and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AW TH IY T. Mishima KF MW. Performed the experiments: AW TK MY MS MK T. Mishima. Analyzed the data: AW JI YO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW TK MY MS MK. Wrote the paper: AW KF JI YO KN T. Miyazawa.