About the Authors

Yuri Sakamoto

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Junko Kanatsu

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Mariko Toh

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Ayano Naka

Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuo Kondo

Affiliation Endowed Research Department “Food for Health”, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan

Kaoruko Iida

iida.kaoruko@ocha.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KI AN KK. Performed the experiments: YS JK MT. Analyzed the data: YS JK. Wrote the paper: YS KI.