About the Authors

Yoshiki Kato

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Masayuki Takahashi

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Research Institute for Healthy Living, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Mineaki Seki

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Research Institute for Healthy Living, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Masayuki Nashimoto

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Institute for Healthy Living, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Akiko Shimizu-Ibuka

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ibuka@nupals.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.