About the Authors

Yongsheng Chen

Affiliation School of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, The People's Republic of China

Gaoyan Wang

Affiliation Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Hong Wang

Affiliation School of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, The People's Republic of China

Chaohua Cheng

Affiliation Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, The People's Republic of China

Gonggu Zang

Affiliation Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, The People's Republic of China

Xinbo Guo

xbg720@gmail.com (XBG); rl23@cornell.edu (RHL)

Affiliation School of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, The People's Republic of China

Rui Hai Liu

xbg720@gmail.com (XBG); rl23@cornell.edu (RHL)

Affiliations School of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, The People's Republic of China, Department of Food Science and Institute of Comparative and Environmental Toxicology, Stocking Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XBG RHL. Performed the experiments: YSC HW. Analyzed the data: YSC GYW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHC GGZ XBG RHL. Wrote the paper: XBG YSC.