About the Authors

Mari Nekohashi

Affiliation Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Mana Ogawa

Affiliation Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Takuo Ogihara

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmacy, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan

Kyoko Nakazawa

Affiliation Corporate Sponsored Research Program “Food for Life,” Organization for Interdisciplinary Research Projects, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hisanori Kato

Affiliation Corporate Sponsored Research Program “Food for Life,” Organization for Interdisciplinary Research Projects, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Takumi Misaka

Affiliation Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Keiko Abe

Affiliations Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology Life Science & Environment Research Center 4F C-4, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Shoko Kobayashi

ashoko@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN MO TO KN HK TM KA SK. Performed the experiments: MN MO KN SK. Analyzed the data: MN MO KN SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN MO SK. Wrote the paper: SK. Conducted the research: MN MO TO SK.