About the Authors

Tetsuya Endo

endotty@hoku-iryo-u.ac.jp

Affiliation School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, 1757 Kanazawa, Ishikari-Tobetsu, Hokkaido 061–0293, Japan

Osamu Kimura

Affiliation School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, 1757 Kanazawa, Ishikari-Tobetsu, Hokkaido 061–0293, Japan

Chiho Ohta

Affiliation Faculty of Nutritional Sciences, Nakamura Gakuen University, 5-7-1 Befu, Jonan-Ku, Fukuoka 814–0198, Japan

Nobuyuki Koga

Affiliation Faculty of Nutritional Sciences, Nakamura Gakuen University, 5-7-1 Befu, Jonan-Ku, Fukuoka 814–0198, Japan

Yoshihisa Kato

Affiliation Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, 1314–1 Shido, Sanuki, Kagawa 769–2193, Japan

Yukiko Fujii

Affiliation Daiichi College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 22–1 Tamagawa-Cho, Minami-Ku, Fukuoka 815–8511, Japan

Koichi Haraguchi

Affiliation Daiichi College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 22–1 Tamagawa-Cho, Minami-Ku, Fukuoka 815–8511, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TE. Performed the experiments: TE OK YK. Analyzed the data: YF CO NK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KH NK. Wrote the paper: TE. Obtained permission from Yaeyama Fishery Cooperative: TE.