About the Authors

Paraskevi Moutsatsou

Contributed equally to this work with: Paraskevi Moutsatsou, Zoi Papoutsi

pmoutsatsou@med.uoa.gr

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Zoi Papoutsi

Contributed equally to this work with: Paraskevi Moutsatsou, Zoi Papoutsi

Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Department of Biosciences and Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, NOVUM, Huddinge, Sweden

Eva Kassi

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Nina Heldring

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, NOVUM, Huddinge, Sweden

Chunyan Zhao

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, NOVUM, Huddinge, Sweden

Anna Tsiapara

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Eleni Melliou

Affiliation Division of Pharmacognosy and Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

George P. Chrousos

Affiliation First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Athens, “Aghia Sophia” Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece

Ioanna Chinou

Affiliation Division of Pharmacognosy and Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Andrey Karshikoff

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, NOVUM, Huddinge, Sweden

Lennart Nilsson

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, NOVUM, Huddinge, Sweden

Karin Dahlman-Wright

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, NOVUM, Huddinge, Sweden

Competing Interests

This research was supported by the following commercial sources: Gaea Products SA, Aktina SA, Yiotis SA, Pierre Fabre Hellas, Bee Culturing Co “Attiki” Alex Pittas, Korres SA (EPAN-TP27, PENED-70-3-6340, PAVE-70-3-8966). This support does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM ZP KDW. Performed the experiments: ZP EK AT NH CZ EM IC AK. Analyzed the data: PM ZP LN GC KDW. Wrote the paper: PM ZP EK NH LN CZ KDW.