About the Authors

Elena Varela-Álvarez

evarela@ualg.pt

Affiliation CCMAR, CIMAR – Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Gambelas, Faro, Portugal

Amelia Gómez Garreta

Affiliation Laboratori de Botànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Rull Lluch

Affiliation Laboratori de Botànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Noemi Salvador Soler

Affiliation Facultad de Educación, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco, Chile

Ester A. Serrao

Affiliation CCMAR, CIMAR – Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Gambelas, Faro, Portugal

María Antonia Ribera Siguán

Affiliation Laboratori de Botànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EV-A ES MARS. Performed the experiments: EV-A AGG JRL NSS. Analyzed the data: EV-A NSS JRL ES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EV-A AGG. Wrote the paper: EV-A ES MARS.