About the Authors

Jennifer M. Monk

Affiliations Program in Integrative Nutrition & Complex Diseases, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Tim Y. Hou

Affiliations Program in Integrative Nutrition & Complex Diseases, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Harmony F. Turk

Affiliations Program in Integrative Nutrition & Complex Diseases, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Brad Weeks

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Chaodong Wu

Affiliation Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

David N. McMurray

Affiliations Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Robert S. Chapkin

r-chapkin@tamu.edu

Affiliations Program in Integrative Nutrition & Complex Diseases, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Nutrition & Food Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center, Texas A&M AgriLife, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMM DNM RSC. Performed the experiments: JMM TYH HFT CW. Analyzed the data: JMM. Wrote the paper: JMM DNM RSC. Assessed colon histological scores: BW.