About the Authors

Hiroyuki Kimura

hsaji@pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (HS); hkimura@mb.kyoto-phu.ac.jp (HK)

Affiliations Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Analytical and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Kenji Tomatsu

Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Hidekazu Saiki

Affiliation Technology Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, Souraku-gun, Kyoto, Japan

Kenji Arimitsu

Affiliations Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women’s University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

Masahiro Ono

Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Hidekazu Kawashima

Affiliations Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, Radioisotope Research Center, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Ren Iwata

Affiliation CYRIC, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Hiroaki Nakanishi

Affiliation Technology Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, Souraku-gun, Kyoto, Japan

Eiichi Ozeki

Affiliation Technology Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, Souraku-gun, Kyoto, Japan

Yuji Kuge

Affiliations Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, Central Institute of Isotope Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Hideo Saji

hsaji@pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (HS); hkimura@mb.kyoto-phu.ac.jp (HK)

Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Shimadzu Corporation does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: H. Kimura RI H. Saji. Performed the experiments: H. Kimura KT KA MO H. Saji. Analyzed the data: H. Kawashima YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H. Saiki RI. Wrote the paper: H. Kimura KT KA MO H. Kawashima H. Saji. Flow simulation: HN EO.