About the Authors

Ivonne Wallrabenstein

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Marco Singer

Affiliation Symrise AG, Holzminden, Germany

Johannes Panten

Affiliation Symrise AG, Holzminden, Germany

Hanns Hatt

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Günter Gisselmann

Guenter.Gisselmann@rub.de

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Co-authors Marco Singer and Johannes Panten are employed by Symrise AG. Timberol is a Symrise product. Part of the findings described herein are subject of a pending patent. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IW MS GG HH. Performed the experiments: IW MS. Analyzed the data: IW MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH JP. Wrote the paper: IW MS GG.