JD, ZJY and DSC wrote the code; JD, ZJY and DSC released the package and manual; DSC, AFC and APL wrote and checked the manuscript. FJL, QLL and LZ helped in preparing figures and tables, testing and validating the results. FJL, QLL, AFC and APL helped in giving suggestions to improve the software package. All authors contributed into design of the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Project name: PyBioMed. Project home page: Source code is available at http://projects.scbdd.com/pybiomed.html or https://github.com/gadsbyfly/PyBioMed. Operating system(s): Windows, Linux. Programming language: Python. License: BSD 3-Clause License. Any restrictions to use by non-academics: none. Not applicable. This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81402853and 81501619), grants from the Project of Innovation-driven Plan in Central South University, the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Central South University, the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2014T70794, 2014M562142) and the Key Laboratory of Special Medicine Food Process in Hunan Province (2017TP1021). The studies meet with the approval of the university’s review board. Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Founda‑ tion of China (Grant No. 81402853 and 81501619), grants from the Project of Innovation‑driven Plan in Central South University, the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Central South University, the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2014T70794, 2014M562142) and the Key Laboratory of Special Medicine Food Process in Hunan Province (2017TP1021). The studies meet with the approval of the university’s review board.