About the Authors

Lucia Natarelli

Current address: Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Affiliation Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Food and Nutrition Research Centre, Rome, Italy

Giulia Ranaldi

Affiliation Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Food and Nutrition Research Centre, Rome, Italy

Guido Leoni

Affiliation Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Marianna Roselli

Affiliation Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Food and Nutrition Research Centre, Rome, Italy

Barbara Guantario

Affiliation Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Food and Nutrition Research Centre, Rome, Italy

Raffaella Comitato

Affiliation Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Food and Nutrition Research Centre, Rome, Italy

Roberto Ambra

Affiliation Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Food and Nutrition Research Centre, Rome, Italy

Francesco Cimino

Affiliation Department of Drug Sciences and Health Products, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Antonio Speciale

Affiliation Department of Drug Sciences and Health Products, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Fabio Virgili

Affiliation Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Food and Nutrition Research Centre, Rome, Italy

Raffaella Canali

raffaella.canali@entecra.it

Affiliation Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Food and Nutrition Research Centre, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LN GR FC R. Canali. Performed the experiments: LN GR MR BG R. Canali. Analyzed the data: LN GR GL BG R. Canali. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LN MR GL. Wrote the paper: LN GR R. Comitato RA AS FV R. Canali.