About the Authors

Piyamas Sillapakong

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

☯ These authors contributed equally to this study.

Affiliation Biococoon Laboratories, Inc., Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Tokumitsu Wakabayashi

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

wakat@iwate-u.ac.jp

☯ These authors contributed equally to this study.

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Koichi Suzuki

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation Biococoon Laboratories, Inc., Morioka, Iwate, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have reviewed the journal’s policy and disclose the following competing interests: PS and KS are paid employees of DKS Co., Ltd. (the parent company of Biococoon Laboratories, Inc.). This does not affect our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no products in development or marketing to declare.