About the Authors

José L. Medina-Franco

jmedina@tpims.org

Affiliation Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America

Karina Martínez-Mayorga

Affiliation Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America

Terry L. Peppard

Affiliation Robertet Flavors, Inc., Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Alberto Del Rio

Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLM-F KM-M. Performed the experiments: JLM-F. Analyzed the data: JLM-F KM-M TLP ADR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLM-F KM-M TLP. Wrote the paper: JLM-F KM-M TLP ADR.