About the Authors

Andrew E. Mayes

Andrew.Mayes@unilever.com

Affiliation Unilever Discover, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, United Kingdom

Peter G. Murray

Affiliation Unilever Discover, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, United Kingdom

David A. Gunn

Affiliation Unilever Discover, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, United Kingdom

Cyrena C. Tomlin

Affiliation Unilever Discover, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, United Kingdom

Sharon D. Catt

Affiliation Unilever Discover, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, United Kingdom

Yi B. Wen

Affiliation Unilever Discover, Shanghai, China

Li P. Zhou

Affiliation Unilever Discover, Shanghai, China

Hong Q. Wang

Affiliation Unilever Discover, Shanghai, China

Michael Catt

Current address: Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Affiliation Unilever Discover, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, United Kingdom

Stewart P. Granger

Affiliation Unilever Discover, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

All authors were employees of Unilever at the time of the study. Although no products were tested or involved in this manuscript, it is possible this manuscript could promote sales of anti-ageing regimes which could lead to financial gain for Unilever PLC.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AEM DAG HQW SPG. Performed the experiments: DAG CCT SDC YBW LPZ. Analyzed the data: PGM AEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAG MC. Wrote the paper: AEM PGM.