About the Authors

Vildan Enisoglu-Atalay

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Istanbul Research Application and Inovation Center (PROMER), Uskudar University, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey, Department of Bioengineering, Uskudar University, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey

Belkis Atasever-Arslan

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Uskudar University, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey

Bugra Yaman

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Istanbul Research Application and Inovation Center (PROMER), Uskudar University, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Uskudar University, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey

Rumeysa Cebecioglu

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Istanbul Research Application and Inovation Center (PROMER), Uskudar University, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Uskudar University, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey

Aykut Kul

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Personalized Medicine Application and Research Center (KIMER), Uskudar University, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey

Selma Ozilhan

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Personalized Medicine Application and Research Center (KIMER), Uskudar University, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey

Fatih Ozen

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Uskudar University, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey

Tunc Catal

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

tunc.catal@uskudar.edu.tr

Affiliations Istanbul Research Application and Inovation Center (PROMER), Uskudar University, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Uskudar University, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey

Competing Interests

The authors declare patent application (Turk Patent and Trademark Office, Ref. no. PT2017-02287 [Biological Quercetin Production]). There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.