About the Authors

Jatinder S. Sangha

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Wajahatullah Khan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genome Research Chair Unit, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Xiuhong Ji

Affiliation Institute for Nutrisciences and Health, National Research Council of Canada, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Junzeng Zhang

Affiliation Institute for Nutrisciences and Health, National Research Council of Canada, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Aaron A. S. Mills

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Alan T. Critchley

Affiliation Acadian Seaplants Limited, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Balakrishnan Prithiviraj

bprithiviraj@nsac.ca

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

Cargill Texturant Solutions donated the Carrageenans used in this study. Alan T. Critchley is an employee of Acadian Seaplants Limited. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agencies did not act in any way in a commercial capacity.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSS BP ATC JZ. Performed the experiments: JSS WK XJ. Analyzed the data: JSS AASM JZ XJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSS AASM WK BP ATC. Wrote the paper: JSS WK AASM BP ATC JZ.