About the Authors

Zumin Shi

zumin.shi@adelaide.edu.au

Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Foodborne Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China, Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Baojun Yuan

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Foodborne Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China

Gary A. Wittert

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Xiaoqun Pan

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Foodborne Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China

Yue Dai

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Foodborne Disease Prevention, Jiangsu Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China

Robert Adams

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Anne W. Taylor

Affiliation Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. The data analysis was supported a research grant from International Glutamate Technical Committee. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZS BY. Performed the experiments: ZS BY YD XP. Analyzed the data: ZS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZS BY. Wrote the paper: ZS BY AWT YD XP RA GAW.