About the Authors
- Akira Nakatsuma
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Affiliation Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki, Japan
- Mugiho Kaneda
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Affiliation Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki, Japan
- Hiromi Kodama
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Affiliation Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki, Japan
- Mika Morikawa
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Affiliations Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki, Japan, TAUNS Laboratories, Inc., Izunokuni, Japan
- Satoshi Watabe
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Affiliation BL Co., Ltd., Numazu, Japan
- Kazunari Nakaishi
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Affiliation TAUNS Laboratories, Inc., Izunokuni, Japan
- Masakane Yamashita
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Affiliation Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Teruki Yoshimura
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Affiliation Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Ishikari-Tobetsu, Japan
- Toshiaki Miura
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Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Masaki Ninomiya
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Affiliation Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki, Japan
- Etsuro Ito
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* E-mail: eito@kph.bunri-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Sanuki, Japan
Competing Interests
MM and KN are employees of TAUNS Laboratories, Inc., and SW is an employee of BL Co., Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SW EI. Performed the experiments: AN MK HK MM TY. Analyzed the data: AN MK EI. Wrote the paper: AN MK SW KN MY TY TM MN EI.