About the Authors
- Swantje C. Duncker
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* E-mail: swantje.duncker@rdls.nestle.com
Affiliation Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd., Vers-chez-les-Blancs, Lausanne, Switzerland
- David Philippe
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Affiliation Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd., Vers-chez-les-Blancs, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Christine Martin-Paschoud
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Affiliation Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd., Vers-chez-les-Blancs, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Mireille Moser
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Affiliation Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd., Vers-chez-les-Blancs, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Annick Mercenier
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Affiliation Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd., Vers-chez-les-Blancs, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Sophie Nutten
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Affiliation Nestlé Research Center, Nestec Ltd., Vers-chez-les-Blancs, Lausanne, Switzerland
Competing Interests
All authors of the manuscript are employees of Nestec Ltd. A patent was submitted (patent #: EP 2 263 664 A1 "Opioid receptors stimulating compounds (thymoquinone, Nigella sativa) and food allergy") using some of the results that are presented in this paper. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SD AM SN. Performed the experiments: SD SN CMP. Analyzed the data: SD MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DP. Wrote the paper: SD. Developed original hypothesis: DP SN.