About the Authors

Nobuyuki Fukuishi

nobuf@ph.bunri-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan

Yuusuke Igawa

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan

Tomoyo Kunimi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan

Hirofumi Hamano

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan

Masao Toyota

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacognosy, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan

Hironobu Takahashi

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacognosy, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan

Hiromichi Kenmoku

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacognosy, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan

Yasuyuki Yagi

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacognosy, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan

Nobuaki Matsui

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan

Masaaki Akagi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NF MA. Performed the experiments: YI TK HH HT HK YY NF. Analyzed the data: NF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM MT. Wrote the paper: NF.