About the Authors

Lara Moussa

Affiliations Neuro-Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1331 Toxalim, INRA/INPT/UPS, Toulouse, France, GENIBIO, Lorp-Sentaraille, France

Valérie Bézirard

Affiliation Neuro-Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1331 Toxalim, INRA/INPT/UPS, Toulouse, France

Christel Salvador-Cartier

Affiliation Neuro-Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1331 Toxalim, INRA/INPT/UPS, Toulouse, France

Valérie Bacquié

Affiliation Neuro-Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1331 Toxalim, INRA/INPT/UPS, Toulouse, France

Corinne Lencina

Affiliation Neuro-Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1331 Toxalim, INRA/INPT/UPS, Toulouse, France

Mathilde Lévêque

Affiliation Neuro-Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1331 Toxalim, INRA/INPT/UPS, Toulouse, France

Viorica Braniste

Affiliation Neuro-Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1331 Toxalim, INRA/INPT/UPS, Toulouse, France

Sandrine Ménard

Affiliation Neuro-Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1331 Toxalim, INRA/INPT/UPS, Toulouse, France

Vassilia Théodorou

Contributed equally to this work with: Vassilia Théodorou, Eric Houdeau

Affiliation Neuro-Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1331 Toxalim, INRA/INPT/UPS, Toulouse, France

Eric Houdeau

Contributed equally to this work with: Vassilia Théodorou, Eric Houdeau

Eric.Houdeau@toulouse.inra.fr

Affiliation Neuro-Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR1331 Toxalim, INRA/INPT/UPS, Toulouse, France

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. This work was partly funded by GENIBIO, the employer of Lara Moussa. The fermented soy germ ingredient (FSG) used in the study was industrially processed as ground powder under the trademark Primasoy® by GENIBIO. There are no further 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: LM VT EH. Performed the experiments: LM V. Bézirard CS-C V. Bacquié CL ML V. Braniste SM. Analyzed the data: LM. Wrote the paper: LM VT EH.