About the Authors

Andrea Gerbino

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Giorgia Schena

Affiliation Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100, Potenza, Italy

Serena Milano

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Luigi Milella

Affiliation Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100, Potenza, Italy

Alan Franco Barbosa

Affiliation Department of Food Technology, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465 Km 07, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Francesca Armentano

Affiliation Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100, Potenza, Italy

Giuseppe Procino

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Maria Svelto

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Monica Carmosino

monica.carmosino@unibas.it

Affiliation Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100, Potenza, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG MC. Performed the experiments: AG GS SM LM FA GP. Analyzed the data: AG GS SM LM FA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG LM AFB MS MC. Wrote the paper: AG MS MC.