About the Authors

María Romo-Vaquero

Contributed equally to this work with: María Romo-Vaquero, María-Victoria Selma

Affiliation Research Group on Quality, Safety and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, Department of Food Science and Technology, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Espinardo, Murcia, Spain

María-Victoria Selma

Contributed equally to this work with: María Romo-Vaquero, María-Victoria Selma

Affiliation Research Group on Quality, Safety and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, Department of Food Science and Technology, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Espinardo, Murcia, Spain

Mar Larrosa

Affiliation Research Group on Quality, Safety and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, Department of Food Science and Technology, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Espinardo, Murcia, Spain

María Obiol

Affiliation Research Group on Quality, Safety and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, Department of Food Science and Technology, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Espinardo, Murcia, Spain

Rocío García-Villalba

Affiliation Research Group on Quality, Safety and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, Department of Food Science and Technology, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Espinardo, Murcia, Spain

Rocío González-Barrio

Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Murcia, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain,

Nicolas Issaly

Affiliation Naturex SL, Quart de Poblet, Valencia, Spain

John Flanagan

Affiliation Naturex SA, Site d'AgroParc, Avignon, France

Marc Roller

Affiliation Naturex SA, Site d'AgroParc, Avignon, France

Francisco A. Tomás-Barberán

Affiliation Research Group on Quality, Safety and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, Department of Food Science and Technology, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Espinardo, Murcia, Spain

María-Teresa García-Conesa

mtconesa@cebas.csic.es

Affiliation Research Group on Quality, Safety and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, Department of Food Science and Technology, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Espinardo, Murcia, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. Nicolas Issaly, John Flanagan and Marc Roller are employed by Naturex SL and Naturex SA. Naturex is involved in the research/development and marketing/sales of rosemary extracts as ingredients for the food, cosmetic, and nutraceutical industries. Therefore, Naturex has a commercial interest in this publication. The RE used in this study (reference GAX00011 batch number A273/045/A10) was kindly provided by Naturex. There are no further 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.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MTGC MRV MVS. Performed the experiments: MRV MVS MO ML RGV RGB. Analyzed the data: MRV MVS ML RGV RGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NI JF MR FTB. Wrote the paper: MTGC.