About the Authors

Hock Eng Khoo

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Azrina Azlan

azrina@upm.edu.my

Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, Laboratory of Halal Science Research, Halal Product Research Institute, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Amin Ismail

Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, Laboratory of Halal Science Research, Halal Product Research Institute, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Faridah Abas

Affiliation Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Muhajir Hamid

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HEK AA AI FA MH. Performed the experiments: HEK. Analyzed the data: HEK AA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA AI FA MH. Wrote the paper: HEK AA. Critically revised the manuscript: AI FA MH.