About the Authors

Marianne Parent

Affiliation CITHÉFOR EA 3452, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France

Ariane Boudier

Affiliation CITHÉFOR EA 3452, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France

Julien Perrin

Affiliation INSERM U1116, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Lorraine, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

Claude Vigneron

Affiliation CITHÉFOR EA 3452, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France

Philippe Maincent

Affiliation CITHÉFOR EA 3452, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France

Nicolas Violle

Affiliation ETAP–Ethologie Appliquée, Research Centre in Pharmacology, Nutrition and Toxicology, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

Jean-François Bisson

Affiliation ETAP–Ethologie Appliquée, Research Centre in Pharmacology, Nutrition and Toxicology, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

Isabelle Lartaud

Affiliation CITHÉFOR EA 3452, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France

François Dupuis

Francois.Dupuis@univ-lorraine.fr

Affiliation CITHÉFOR EA 3452, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Nicolas Violle and Jean-François Bisson are employed by ETAP – Ethologie Appliquée. There is no commercial affiliation between ETAP-Lab and the other laboratory implicated in this work. ETAP-Lab does not claim any Industrial Property regarding GSNO effect and/or the tested formulations. ETAP-Lab and the other authors have no relationship of consultancy. ETAP-Lab will not claim patents regarding the tested products. As a preclinical CRO, ETAP-Lab does not develop health products and does not market such products. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP AB FD JP NV. Performed the experiments: MP FD AB JP NV. Analyzed the data: MP FD AB JP NV JFB. Wrote the paper: MP AB IL CV PM FD.