About the Authors

Maria Fiorella Mazzeo

fmazzeo@isa.cnr.it

Affiliation Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, Avellino, Italy

Rosa Lippolis

Affiliation Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics, National Research Council, Bari, Italy

Alida Sorrentino

Affiliation Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, Avellino, Italy

Sarah Liberti

Affiliations Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, Avellino, Italy, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Federica Fragnito

Affiliation Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, Avellino, Italy

Rosa Anna Siciliano

Affiliation Institute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, Avellino, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MFM RAS AS. Performed the experiments: MFM RL AS SL FF RAS. Analyzed the data: MFM RL AS RAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MFM RAS. Wrote the paper: MFM RL RAS.