About the Authors

Hai-Jing Zhong

Contributed equally to this work with: Hai-Jing Zhong, Hui Yang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China

Hui Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Hai-Jing Zhong, Hui Yang

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China

Daniel Shiu-Hin Chan

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China

Chung-Hang Leung

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China

Hui-Min Wang

Affiliation Department of Fragrance and Cosmetic Science, Center of Excellence for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Dik-Lung Ma

edmondma@hkbu.edu.hk

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLM CHL HMW. Performed the experiments: HJZ HY DSHC. Analyzed the data: HJZ HY DSHC HMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLM CHL. Wrote the paper: DSHC DLM CHL. Directed the research: DLM CHL.