About the Authors

Elena Butturini

Affiliations Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, Department of Pharmacology, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan

Elisabetta Cavalieri

Affiliation Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Alessandra Carcereri de Prati

Affiliation Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Elena Darra

Affiliation Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Antonella Rigo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Kazuo Shoji

Affiliations Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, Department of Pharmacology, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan

Norie Murayama

Affiliation Department of Pharmacokinetics, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Yamazaki

Affiliation Department of Pharmacokinetics, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuo Watanabe

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida, Tokyo, Japan

Hisanori Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Sofia Mariotto

sofiamariotto@hotmail.it

Affiliation Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EB SM. Performed the experiments: EB EC ACdP ED KS. Analyzed the data: EB EC HS SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW. Wrote the paper: EB EC HS SM. ROS analysis: AR. HPLC analysis: NM HY.