About the Authors

Hisayo Sadamoto

sadamotoh@kph.bunri-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kagawa Campus, Tokushima Bunri University, Shido, Sanuki-City, Kagawa, Japan

Hironobu Takahashi

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacognosy, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima-City, Japan

Taketo Okada

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kagawa Campus, Tokushima Bunri University, Shido, Sanuki-City, Kagawa, Japan

Hiromichi Kenmoku

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacognosy, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima-City, Japan

Masao Toyota

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacognosy, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima-City, Japan

Yoshinori Asakawa

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacognosy, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima-City, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS HT. Performed the experiments: HS HT TO HK. Analyzed the data: HS HT HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT YA. Wrote the paper: HS. Helped to draft the manuscript: TO.