About the Authors

Chao-Wu Xiao

Chaowu.xiao@hc-sc.gc.ca

Affiliations Nutrition Research Division, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada, Food and Nutrition Science Program, Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Carla M. Wood

Affiliation Nutrition Research Division, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Eleonora Swist

Affiliation Nutrition Research Division, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Reiko Nagasaka

Affiliations Nutrition Research Division, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada, Food Chemistry and Functional Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Technology, Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, 5–7, Konan 4, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Kurtis Sarafin

Affiliation Nutrition Research Division, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Claude Gagnon

Affiliation Nutrition Research Division, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Lois Fernandez

Affiliation Nutrition Research Division, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Sylvie Faucher

Affiliation Centre for Biologics Evaluation, Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Hong-Xing Wu

Affiliation Biostatistics and Modelling Division, Bureau of Food Surveillance and Science Integration, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Laura Kenney

Affiliation Nutrition Research Division, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Walisundera M. N. Ratnayake

Affiliation Nutrition Research Division, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WMNR CWX. Performed the experiments: CMW ES RN KS CG LF SF LK. Analyzed the data: HXW CWX. Wrote the paper: CWX.